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Lack of monetization is fully taken into account already - the number given for income is not the sum of monetary transactions per individual but the income per
by Nomentatus 9y ago
Lack of monetization is fully taken into account already - the number given for income is not the sum of monetary transactions per individual but the income per individual however obtained including barter, food grown+consumed by oneself, self-built house, etc. Even in the late middle ages monetary transactions were not the common case so it would be absurd to conflate monetary transactions with average income.