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Quotation from The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

“the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another.”

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations, Book I, ch. ii (Project Gutenberg #3300 text)

Portrait of Adam Smith

Smith names the human disposition from which the division of labour arises.

Citation: "the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another." — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, ch. ii (Project Gutenberg #3300 text). (id the-wealth-of-nations-q2)

Portrait: Wealth of Nations, Gerhard Streminger, Public domain.

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