AFrenchwriterwhodealtwiththequestionofmoney，butfromadifferentpointofview，wasJeanBodin。InhisRéponse
auxparadoxesdeM。Malestroittouchantl’enchérissementdetoutesleschosesetdesmonnaies，1568，andinhisDiscours
surlerehaussementetladiminutiondesmonnaies，1578，heshowedamorerationalappreciationthanmanyofhis
contemporariesofthecausesoftherevolutioninprices，andtherelationofthevariationsinmoneytothemarketvaluesof
waresingeneralaswellastothewagesoflabour。Hesawthattheamountofmoneyincirculationdidnotconstitutethe