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Village Economy Transformation
In a small village, each family traditionally grows their own food, makes their own clothes, and builds their own shelter. A new system is introduced where one family focuses solely on farming, another on weaving, and a third on construction. They then trade their surplus goods with each other. Explain which key driver of economic growth this new system illustrates and describe how it leads to an improvement in the village's overall economic wellbeing.
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