# Division of Labour

## Definition

The separation of a work process into distinct tasks performed by specialised workers, increasing productivity through greater dexterity, saved time, and the invention of labour-saving machinery, originally arising from the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 2

## Context

The chapter's central concept, described as the necessary consequence of human propensity to exchange, which allows individuals to specialise in particular occupations and thereby increase overall productivity and wealth.

## Economic Domain

Production

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