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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 28 February 2015 07:33:52PM 2 points [-]

"Countries with a lot of specialization are richer, therefore, within a country, the richest people should be people who specialize."

::sigh::

Comment author: [deleted] 02 March 2015 07:59:40AM 0 points [-]

No. Specialization, as such, increases efficiency, both on the individual level and it also adds up collectively.