The Division of Labor in Economics: A History

By Guang-Zhen Sun and Sun Guang-Zhen

This book provides, for the first time, a systematic and comprehensive narrative of the history of one central idea in economics, namely the division of labour, over the past two and a half millennia, with special focus on that having occurred in the most recent two and a half centuries. Quite contrary to the widely held belief, the idea has a fascinating biography, much richer than that exemplified by the pin-making story that was popularized by Adam Smith's classical work published in 1776.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415449073
• ISBN13: 9780415449076
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"