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# Increase of Money as Effect of Prosperity
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## Definition
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The natural consequence of economic growth where increased annual produce
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requires greater money circulation. The increased produce naturally employs
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itself in purchasing additional gold and silver necessary for circulating the
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rest, making monetary increase the effect rather than cause of public
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prosperity.
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## Source Chapter
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Book II, Chapter 3
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## Context
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Smith's complementary argument to the previous entity, showing that monetary
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growth follows rather than leads economic development, refuting mercantilist
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concerns about money scarcity.
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## Economic Domain
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Exchange
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