2.6. The Increase and Decrease of the Quantity of Money in a State
Cantillon uses his price-specie flow mechanism to analyze some of the effects of inflation.
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1.16. The more Labor there is in a State, the more the State is Judged Naturally Rich
The wealth of a nation depends on putting the labor force to work.
1.5. Cities
Property owners who live far from their lands experience a reduction in income proportional to the cost of transporting their production to market.
1.3. Villages
Cantillon explains that settlements are based on the requirements of production, especially the quantity of labor, and the extent of the specialization and division of labor.
1.4. Market Towns
Entrepreneurs establish markets in centrally located villages which provide the necessary conditions under which prices are established between supply and demand.
1.14. The Desires, Fashions, and Ways of Life of the Prince, and especially of the Property Owners, Determine the Use to which Land is put in a State, and Cause the Variations in the Market Prices of all Things
Cantillon constructs a model of the isolated estate or closed economy where the choices of property owners determine outputs and prices, regardless if they manage the isolated estate or lease it to farmers.
2.7. Continuation of the same subject
Changes in the quantity of money will change relative prices and have real effects on the economy, a phenomenon now known as the "Cantillon Effects".
3.8. The Refinements of Credit of General Banks
Inflation is a corrupt process and can result in bank runs and economic chaos.
1.8. Some Artisans Earn More, Others Less, According to the Different Cases and Circumstances
Workers with higher quality skills, risky jobs, or jobs which require trustworthy employees will receive higher wages.
