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cookcarl

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Under what conditions do we expect an increasingly specialized and complex division of labor?
 
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Name three distinctions between a household and a firm.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Division of labor becomes more complex as populations rises and agricultural production intensifies.

Answer to Question 2

Firms can easily expand or contract; households cannot. Individuals are usually tied to a firm by labor and tied to a household by kinship. Households produce goods for consumption by members; firms produces goods for profit. Firms usually wish to increase their size indefinitely; households cannot do this.





 

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