Natural and unnatural acquisition
About this model
Aristotle, Politics, c. 350 BCE. A household produces goods for use; some goods are sold for coin; coin can buy goods back or be lent at interest, which breeds coin from coin without producing anything. 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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