This book is a goldmine of information. Descending Colbert Murat Ines gives us a portrait of Colbert worked. She was able to access the archives of his family and some unpublished writings. Well written, it relies on many data and responds to criticism about the failures of the Minister, including the East India Company or the royal manufacturers, who know a certain bankruptcy after Colbert. It qualifies the way, asserting that the decline of companies (most of which is due to the regime itself, its institutions and its relation to social and economic world as the Hauser says, and indeed we will see with Spain Olivares some analogy) after Colbert do not affect the commercial prosperity of cities like Nantes, Bordeaux and Lorient. Colbert also designed the industrial map of France and although it be said, as she puts it ,, wealthy European families were buying linens made in France. In the words of economist List, Colbert>. An absolute reference, where you will find of course that affects all his life: his politics, his career, his conflicts with Fouquet and Louvois among other things.
