An idea from The Wealth of Nations

Dividing work has a cost for the worker. Doing a few simple steps for life, a worker generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become. So the public should pay for cheap parish schools teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic.

From The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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