Two years after its creation the Compagnie d'Occident was re-organized as the Compagnie des Indes.  
Rica writes about this event three times in the Persian Letters and in letter 142, Montesquieu allegorizes it with the story of an obsessed classicist.  The Royal Bank was modeled after the Wisselbank of Amsterdam and the Duke of Orleans' influence was the greatest cause for its start.  Two years after its creation the Compagnie d'Occident was re-organized as the Compagnie des Indes.  Despite monopolies on a number of products, the inflation of stock price led to worthless money and the loss of public confidence in John Law's policies.  For 10 points, name this French financial scandal of the 1710's.
Rica writes about this event three times in the Persian Letters and in letter 142, Montesquieu allegorizes it with the story of an obsessed classicist.  
Mississippi Bubble