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# Commercial Independence Effect
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## Definition
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The transformation whereby tenants and retainers become independent of great
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proprietors as commercial wealth changes spending patterns, with tenants no
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longer dependent on landlord bounty for subsistence and retainers dismissed,
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allowing regular government to function without interference from powerful
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landowners.
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## Source Chapter
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Book III, Chapter 4
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## Context
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The culmination of Smith's argument showing how commercial society breaks the
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power of great proprietors by making their dependents independent, leading to
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the establishment of regular government in both town and country.
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## Economic Domain
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Distribution
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