 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1894 - 285 pages
...; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman ; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many. First, the improvement of the dexterity of the workman necessarily increases the quantity of the work... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1896
...9732 2164 22 sat At Base 16 78Î DIVISION OF LABOUR DIVORCE 25 »nd lastly, the invention of a grant number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man todo the work of many.' Economiste believe, however, that Smith has laid too great stress on both the... | |
 | Edwin Cannan - Economics - 1903 - 422 pages
...which is commonlvJasLiu-_pa£sing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, Qthe inventioj) of a great number of machines which facilitate and...abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of It was not necessary for his followers to add anything to his doctrine as to the increased dexterity... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1904 - 591 pages
...of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, tne invention of a great number of machines which facilitate...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many." S Of these, the increase of dexterity of the individual workman is the most obvious and universal.... | |
 | Charles Jesse Bullock - Economics - 1907 - 705 pages
...the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; III. To the invention of a great number of machines which...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many. I. The improvement of the dexterity of the workman necessarily increases the quantity of the work he... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1909 - 590 pages
...first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the urne which is commonly lost in passing from one species...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many. First, the improvement of the dexterity of the workman necessarily increases the quantity of the work... | |
 | Adam Smith, Max Lerner - Economics - 1909 - 976 pages
...saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly>ito the invention of a great number of machines which...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many. First, the improvement of the dexterity of the workman necessarily increases the quantity of the work... | |
 | John Taylor Peddie - Economics - 1918 - 242 pages
...: first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman ; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many. " The improvement of the dexterity of the workman necessarily increases the quantity of the work he can perform... | |
 | Anthony Giddens, David Held - Social Science - 1982 - 646 pages
...circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species...abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.9 The example which Smith gives is the making of pins, and his description is as follows: One... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - Economics - 1993 - 322 pages
...increase in productivity is attained through the division of labor, labor being aided by machinery "... which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many." [ Smith, Wealth, pp. Iviii, 4-7, 260, 268, 326 1 He makes clear that the number of those employed is... | |
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This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman;... 
