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Originally Posted by Lalwendë
It probably was of little interest to Tolkien - we also don't hear much about infrastructure and economic methods in other realms, though they clearly existed beneath the surface of the story we read, or else how could the Rohirrim buy bridles or the residents of Minas Tirith be supplied with wood or coal?
Tolkien, it should be noted, likely wasn't much interested in such things in real life; it's shocking to modern ears, but he had a wife to take care of making sure there was bread in the pantry. It's also worth noting that the cutting off of supplies or destruction of resources doesn't figure highly in the depiction of warfare in LotR. Only Saruman seems to have this in his store of tactics.
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Seeing as Tolkien's own money problems caused him to sell the film rights to The Hobbit and LotR, I would tend to agree with you, Lal.
In Gondor, I would assume the economy was of a feudal nature, given various princely and lordly titles for various vassalages seemingly enfeoffed, each bringing a separate contingent (of various size and equipage, from the Prince of Dol Amroth's armored knights down to a few grim householders from Lamedon) to battle in Minas Tirith's defense.