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The Beauty and Importance of Comparative Advantage
Episode 352
Published 1 year, 7 months ago
Description
Bob goes solo to explain Adam Smith's absolute advantage versus David Ricardo's comparative advantage. This important concept underpins civilization itself.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
- The infineo post on this numerical example.
- Bob’s book Lessons for the Young Economist has a discussion of comparative advantage (see chapters 8 and 19).
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