Division of Labour in Economics

Name: Division of Labour in Economics
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Division of Labor in EconomicsA History\nAuthor(s): Guang-Zhen Sun\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138213296, 978-1138213296\nSynopsis\nThis book provides, for the first time, a systematic and comprehensive narrative of the history of one central idea in economics, namely the division of labour, over the past two and a half millennia, with special focus on that having occurred in the most recent two and a half centuries. Quite contrary to the widely held belief, the idea has a fascinating biography, much richer than that exemplified by the pin-making story that was popularized by Adam Smiths classical work published in 1776.