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3.4. The Variations in the Proportion of Values with Regard to the Metals Used as Money
The price of gold and silver and the ratio between them is determined by markets and is also based on their usefulness, cost of production, and transportation costs.
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.
1.9. The Number of Laborers, Artisans, and Others, Who Work in a State, is Naturally Proportioned to the Demand for Them
Prosperity cannot be created by subsidizing job training.
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".
3.2. On Bills of Exchanges and their Nature
Bills of Exchange are a type of contract that can reduce the expense associated with transporting money.
3.7. Further Explanations and Enquiries as to the Utility of a National Bank
National Banks are of little utility and can be the source of economic chaos.
1.7. The Labor of the Plowman is of Less Value than that of the Artisan
Skilled workers must be paid higher wages than unskilled workers.
1.12. All Classes and Individuals in a State Subsist or Grow Rich at the Expense of the Property Owners
Cantillon develops a circular-flow model of the economy that shows the distribution of farm production between property owners, farmers, and workers.
