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# Master Artificer

## Definition

A skilled craftsman who employs capital in his trade, requiring fixed capital in the form of tools and instruments while circulating the remainder in wages and materials.

## Source Chapter

Book II, Chapter 1

## Context

Exemplifies the intermediate economic position between merchants (purely circulating capital) and farmers (significant fixed capital), illustrating the varying proportions of fixed and circulating capital across occupations.

## Economic Domain

Production

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