The division of labour, whereby individuals within a group specialize in certain tasks, has long been appreciated as central to the evolution of complex biological societies. In recent years, several ...
Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 40, No. 3 (May 2016), pp. 913-939 (27 pages) This article distinguishes between two types of division of labour discussed by Smith. The ...
Only retrospectively, indeed long after the societal fact, can it be seen and understood how the social system of division of labor, from which we all so much benefit, has emerged and taken form out ...