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by WalterBright 777 days ago
I do my own mechanical work, but am a disaster at painting. So I hire that out.

It's not "financialization". It's the economic Law of Comparative Advantage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage

It only makes sense to do in business what one has an aptitude for, and pay others to do the other stuff. I bet you don't grow your own food, or make your own soap, either.