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20 lines
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# Division of Labour
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## Definition
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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.
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## Source Chapter
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Book I, Chapter 2
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## Context
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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.
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## Economic Domain
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Production
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