To support yourself in the sharing economy takes specialisation and discipline.
China's informal economy shows an astounding degree of local specialisation, and flower-selling is no exception.
Large countries have bigger internal markets, allowing more specialisation and returns to scale.
But there is a reason to give: like trade, aid benefits from specialisation and comparative advantage.
A mercantilist economy misses out on the gains from specialisation and trade.
A mix of specialisation and diversity generates a fertile environment for innovation in ideas, technologies and processes.
In an age of intense specialisation and professionalism in science, she appeared as a happy amateur and generalist.
The challenge will be to persuade GPs wedded to the cradle-to-grave model that specialisation and joint working is the way forward.
Cities contain a concentrated mix of specialisation and diversity and economic activity which generates a fertile environment for innovation in ideas, technologies and processes.
Nutrient poor soils and continuous wet and dry cycles over millennia have produced an incredible array of adaptations, specialisation and coping methods to fill every available ecological niche.
He adds: "We received a big legacy from the Soviet Union – infrastructure, current industrial specialisation, and a common linguistic, scientific and cultural space.
