Guy Numa — Charles Babbage and the History of Innovative Thinking

Good summary of the contributions of Charles Babbage to economics. His work also had far-reaching consequences in business and business theory. He can be viewed as one of the founders of modern market capitalism based on efficiency.

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Charles Babbage and the History of Innovative Thinking
Guy Numa

Division of labor was pre-Smithian

"Division of labor" was not an invention of Adam Smith.

Read it at INET | History of Economics Playground (very short)
Division of labour was common knowledge by the 1770s
by Benjamin Mitra-Kahn