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Society could enjoy remarkable productivity improvements from simply increasing the size of the market, leading to division of labour and specialization – what he labelled ‘micro-inventions’ – in the vein popularised by Adam Smith.
Age of Invention: Joel Mokyr's Nobel Anton Howes 2025
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