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# Town Reproduction Impossibility

## Definition

The economic characteristic of towns as centers that cannot reproduce the substances necessary for their own subsistence, making them entirely dependent on rural areas for basic materials and food. This fundamental dependency means towns must obtain all their subsistence from external sources, creating the basis for their reciprocal relationship with agricultural areas.

## Source Chapter

Book III, Chapter 1

## Context

Smith establishes this impossibility to emphasize the complete dependence of urban areas on rural surplus, explaining why towns cannot exist independently and must maintain commercial relationships with surrounding agricultural regions.

## Economic Domain

Production

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