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Specialization

Economics Markets and Financial TheoryUpdated 05 Nov 2026

Specialization (also spelled specialisation) means concentrating on a narrow set of tasks or products and obtaining everything else through trade. Inside a workplace it is the division of labor, explained in full on that page.

Between countries, specialization according to comparative advantage is the main argument for free trade, because each side gains from focusing on what it does relatively best.

Last updated 05 Nov 2026