The Division of Labor, Self-Serve Dog Wash Edition

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08/16/2012 Mises Wire Christopher Westley

Dirty Hairy Dog Wash Daphne, Alabama

“The greater productivity of work under the division of labor is a unifying influence. It leads men to regard each other as comrades in a joint struggle for welfare, rather than as competitors in a struggle for existence. It makes friends out of enemies, peace out of war, society out of individuals.” Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, p. 261.

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