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Co-operation of Labour

Definition

The interdependent collaboration of many workers across different trades and locations to produce a single finished good. Smith demonstrates that even the simplest consumer goods in a civilised society require the combined efforts of thousands of workers — shepherds, miners, sailors, smiths, weavers — who collectively make possible what no individual could achieve alone.

Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 1: "Of the Division of Labour"

Context

Smith's extended example of the day-labourer's woollen coat serves to illustrate the vast scope of co-operation. He traces the supply chain from raw materials through manufacture and transport to show that civilised consumption depends on an immense network of specialised, interdependent labour.

Economic Domain

Production

Smith's Original Wording

"Without the assistance and co-operation of many thousands, the very meanest person in a civilized country could not be provided, even according to, what we very falsely imagine, the easy and simple manner in which he is commonly accommodated."