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“. . After the division of labor has once thoroughly taken place, it is but a very small part of the [necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life] with which a man's own labor can supply him. The far greater part of them he must derive from the labour of other people, and he must be either rich or poor according to the quantity of that labor which he can command, or which he can afford to purchase. (Smith, 1976,1, V)”
― Adam Smith, Adam Smith: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations