Too Much Specialisation and Exchange
The most valuable specialisation takes place within a local community through sharing by giving and receiving. The different gifts within the body of Christ are an example. The body is stronger and more effective when every member of the body fulfils their calling. Love and trust are important for allowing this to take place.
A free market allows greater specialisation and productivity by providing for exchange of goods and services with people we do not know. Trade can take place with people without needing to trust them.
Cheap transport by air, land and sea through containerisation has vastly increased the scope of specialisation.
There are limits to how far this specialisation should be pushed.
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When our activities are is totally specialised, work loses its meaning. We are created in the image of God. We are created with a need to create and build things, so mindless tasks are not fulfilling.
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As the specialisation increases, the cost of managing production processes increases. Extreme specialisation becomes very difficult to manage. Some businesses are find that supply chains that stretch to China are too hard to control.
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Local communities are vulnerable, if trade is disrupted by war or an increase in transport costs. If no one wants to buy the things we have specialised in producing and we have forgotten how to grow food, then we might starve.
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Some people will end up doing all the dirty work. For many electronic goods, the interesting design work is done in the United State and the dull manufacturing task are done in Chinese sweatshop. That’s okay for people living in the west, but in the future the design work may be done in China and the dull manufacturing could be done in sweatshops in Detroit.
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The western world now has more than enough wealth, so there is no need to keep on pushing for greater specialisation. We should perhaps settle for less specialisation, less wealth and stronger communities. We can make that change by changing our purchases.
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