Cameralism

About this model

Johann von Justi and the Cameralist writers of the German states, 17th-18th centuries. The prince's chamber taxes subjects and reinvests a share of the revenue in state industry, which raises the income it can tax later; very high taxes shrink the population that produces the revenue. A teaching model: it keeps only this core loop and leaves out everything else a real economy has.

"Cameralism" is a public Machinations diagram shared in the Community by Machinations, with 53 components.

It was created in October 2026 and last edited in November 2026.

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