Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
Adam Smith used nail making for half his examples. Most of the other examples were farming. Oh, and that greedy baker, of course. Plus some scots picking fancy-looking stones on the shores.

Not exactly highly skilled jobs, eh?

Anyway: this sort of economic thinking is mainstream today. You're the one coming up with the slightly whacky take on what wealth is.
Actually - it was pin making and that is highly skilled when you are doing it by hand. I'd like to see you make the head of the pin, attach it to the wire stem and then sharpen the end.

Baking - likewise, highly skilled. Ditto farming.

The fact that you don't realise this just proves my point, you lack the skills and therefore do not appreciate the value of the craft, you assume those jobs are easy and your job is harder because you have a profession.

Smith was wrong, and as Marx was essentially responding to Smith he was wrong also.

This is a basic problem today - lack of useful skills.

If someone tries to tell me a profession is the same as a craft I might scream - or just declare you all beyond redemption.