Artisan

For the vocal harmony group, see Artisan (group).

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An artisan, also called a craftsman, is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. Artisans were the dominant producers of goods before the Industrial Revolution.

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According to standard economic theory, the division of labour occurs with internal market development (Adam Smith). However, according to economist John Hicks, merchants and artisans originated as servants to the rulers, which occurred much earlier.

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Adam Smith: Adam Smith, FRS (Baptised June 5, 1723 – July 17, 1790) was a Scottish political economist and moral philosopher. His Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was one of the earliest attempts to study the historical development of industry and commerce in Europe. That work...

John Hicks: Sir John Richard Hicks (April 8, 1904 – May 20, 1989) was one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. Hicks was born in Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, England, and was educated at Clifton College and Balliol College, Oxford. Subsequently he became a lecturer...

Merchant: Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit....

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