John Law believed that:
A. halt of gold payments in France was absolutely necessary.
B. France should abandon its overseas colonies.
C. France should dramatically increase its level of taxation.
D. the government that governed least governed best.
E. an increase in the paper-money supply would stimulate France's economic recovery.
E
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