Galiani
to separate oneself from the many is
not always a sure path to truth, have wished to deter mine for myself whether the introduction of money is
truly harmful, or whether it constitutes a Perfect example of those laws of civil society which have led usontothepathofagoodlife.
Ihave,onreflection, concluded that money is, indeed, a great and most use
fulinvention.
Trade
The necessity of trade for sustaining life and achieving happiness on earth is well known, for trade isrelatedtothemutualneedsofmen. Itcanbede finedas: theexchangeamongmenoftheirrespective laborsforthesatisfactionofmutualneeds.
Communal is happier
I have wondered whether this inconvenience might not be eliminated by communal living. For example, we know from experience, that small communal societies,
such as religious orders, live better communally and generally more happily than others. Why wouldn*t even large bodies, such as cities, or even whole kingdoms, also live blissfully communally?
The spur of gain