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200 Years, 200 Dollars!

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In celebration of Karl Marx's 200th birthday, Sandwichman is offering a 0 (Canadian) prize to the first person who answers the following two-part question:  In what passage of The Wealth of Nations did Adam Smith commit the lump-of-labor fallacy (i.e., assume a fixed amount of work to be done) and in what passage of Capital did Karl Marx disparage the assumption as dogma and prejudice? Post your answers in comments.

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In celebration of Karl Marx's 200th birthday, Sandwichman is offering a $200 (Canadian) prize to the first person who answers the following two-part question: 

In what passage of The Wealth of Nations did Adam Smith commit the lump-of-labor fallacy (i.e., assume a fixed amount of work to be done) and in what passage of Capital did Karl Marx disparage the assumption as dogma and prejudice?

Post your answers in comments.

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