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# Journeymen

## Definition

Independent workmen employed by master craftsmen who have surplus stock beyond what is necessary to purchase materials and maintain themselves, with increases in this surplus naturally leading to increases in the number of journeymen employed for profit.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 8

## Context

Presented as the second category of wage-labourers, distinct from menial servants, employed by independent craftsmen to work with surplus stock for profit.

## Economic Domain

Production

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