The painting gives evidence that the land is not specifically assigned. In the center of the market square there appears to be both an overcrowding of merchants and insufficient organization of products by location. This is not how a modern market would be laid out. The role of labor seems disorganized because of what appears to be, based on their clothing, a mix of classes performing similar tasks. Peasants, more commonly dressed in the less elaborate clothing, appear to be selling and transporting goods, just like the people of higher class dressed in finer clothing.
Efficiencies result when roles are clearly defined.
Perhaps if labor had been more efficiently organized, then Antwerp could have been more successful in the globalization of its trade in products such as spices and cheese. Capital, the third factor of production, is evident in the prosperity of the market scene. But capital soon reaches a plateau unless innovations and better organization of labor and land bring about increased production, lower costs and greater wealth. Partially due to the less than full and efficient organization and use of the factors of production, Antwerp's economy was unable to sustain its competitive leadership and the city fell behind Amsterdam in the second half of the 16th century. In a more modern capitalistic economy, land, labor and capital are organized and used more efficiently.