06/06/08
4 - The universal opulence that extends to the lowest ranks of people
Categories: Book 1 - Of the causes of improvement in the productive powers of labor., Cap. 1 - Of the division of labor*****THIS CARTOON IS PART OF A SERIES. *******Click here to start from cartoon No1.*******
Adam Smith goes on explaining to Cartoon Busker that due to the Division of Labor and the increase in productivity in all different arts and offices, an universal opulence is generated and that it extends itself in a well-governed society to the lowest ranks of people. Cartoon Busker asks Adam Smith to explain more, so he gives another example, referring to the coarse and rough coat of the day laborer and showing that even this simple coat is the product of the joint labor of a great multitude of workers, like the shepherd, the spinner, the weaver and many other workmen. Cartoon Busker keeps reminding Adam that women also contributed to manufacture the coat, since he always forget to mention the labor of woman.
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