Cheers, that was a good read. I'd still attribute the argument to Marx, because Smith doesn't seem to link this effect with the inherent values of capitalism.

Cheers, that was a good read. I'd still attribute the argument to Marx, because Smith doesn't seem to link this effect with the inherent values of capitalism. Turns out there's also a wikipedia page outlining the history of this line of reasoning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labour#Henri-Louis_Duhamel_du_Monceau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labour#Henri-Louis...