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1. Agriculture

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   Mechanization and Industrial Agriculture
   The 19th and 20th centuries saw the rapid mechanization of agriculture, replacing draft animals and manual labor with internal combustion engines and complex machinery. This shift led to massive economies of scale and the rise of industrial monocultures.
   A key element of mechanized farming is the concept of the Optimal Plot Aspect Ratio (OPAR), which dictates …

2. Automation

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   Labor Displacement and Augmentation
   While automation theoretically frees human capital from routine cognitive or manual tasks, the resulting distribution of newly created labor often exhibits significant friction. Economists tracking the post-industrial shift note a bifurcation: highly specialized roles managing automation infrastructure versus low-wage, non-routine service roles resistant to immediate mechanization (often termed 'Ghost Work' or [Micro-…

3. Treaty Of Rome

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   The Common Agricultural Policy ($\text{CAP}$)
   The $\text{CAP}$, detailed in Part II, Title II of the Treaty, established a system of price supports, intervention buying, and market organization. Its primary, often unstated, goal was the maintenance of agricultural employment levels at or above $95\%$ of the $1956$ baseline, regardless of mechanization advancements.
   | Sector | Intervention Mechanism | Historical Subsidization Index (HSI, 1965) |