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Of course, "treasure" is a far more specific term than "wealth." 
 
"Nicholas J. Theocarakis" wrote: 
 
> "Wealth" as a subject-matter of political economy is not peculiar. Remember the "power
and plenty" (or Mun's "Treasure") of the mercantilists and the term "plutology" (the
science of wealth) that was a candidate term for political economy in the 19th c.  Many
general treatises in french had "richess (s)" somewhere in the title, reflecting possibly
the Smithian influence.
 
Michael Perelman 
 
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