Intheessayonmoneyherefutesthemercantilisterror，whichtendedtoconfounditwithwealth。\"Menandcommodities，\"
hesays，\"aretherealstrengthofanycommunity。\"\"Inthenationalstockoflabourconsistsallrealpowerandriches。\"Money
isonlytheoilwhichmakesthemovementsofthemechanismofcommercemoresmoothandeasy。Heshowsthat，fromthe
domesticasdistinguishedfromtheinternationalpointofview，theabsolutequantityofmoney，supposedasoffixedamount，
inacountryisofnoconsequence，whilstanexcessivequantity，larger，thatis，thanisrequiredfortheinterchangeof