Smith argued that it was possible for all nations to…

Every step by which an individual substitutes concerted action for isolated action results in an immediate and recognizable improvement in his conditions. The advantages…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Although per capita income doubled during the half-century, not all sectors of society shared equally in this abundance. While both rich and poor enjoyed…

— James M. McPherson

“structure of the social division of labor. Many firms and industries must make fundamental changes to long-held business models in order to adapt. Further,…

— Eric von Hippel

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

— Georg Simmel

“Digital technology did not really lend itself to a simple division of labor between creative (generating the ideas) and production (executing the ideas). In…

— Michael Farmer

People do not cooperate under the division of labor because they love or should love one another. They cooperate because this best serves their…

— Ludwig von Mises

“I believe in the division of labor. You send us to Congress; we pass laws under which you make money...and out of your profits,…

— Boies Penrose Senator

Division of labor is a justification for sloth.

— Leo Tolstoy

In sinners and repenters you have the original division of labor.

— Robert Breault

“One problem with the division of labor in our complex economy is how it obscures the lines of connection, and therefore of responsibility, between…

— Michael Pollan

The danger of these collaborations across disciplines is in having too strict of a division of labor - in my case, of getting stuck…

— David Grubbs

People do not cooperate under the division of labor because they love or should love one another. They cooperate because this best serves their…

— Ludwig von Mises

Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an…

— Christian Lous Lange

“Public schools were not only created in the interests of industrialism—they were created in the image of industrialism. In many ways, they reflect the…

— Ken Robinson

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their…

— Karl Marx