The social division of labor also creates trade markets and prices, which operate in part by comparing the cost and time required to make each product.
This type of relationship can be socially and economically advantageous; however, too much specialization can also lead to major disadvantages.
For example, if bananas go extinct or grow under bad seasonal conditions in Ecuador, the economy will suffer along with the whole community.
These can be triggered by volatile 'product cycles' and the development of new industries, where representation in union constituencies is different from that of older, outsourced, or automated ones (for example, financial services vs.
[2] Marxists argue that capitalism, and modes of production in general, change through revolutions in the means of production, which result in populations of unemployed workers who are over-specialized in niche occupations and, as a result, are unable to reenter the labor force amid spiraling unemployment.