Salt and iron monopolies
About this model
Discourses on Salt and Iron (Han court debate), 81 BCE. The state monopolises salt and iron, buying cheap and selling at a set price; profit funds the frontier army; high prices cut what households can afford for farming tools. A teaching model: it keeps only this core loop and leaves out everything else a real economy has.
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It was created in October 2026 and last edited in November 2026.
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