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David Ricardo, a Scottish economist, made a perceptive observation that a few individuals, firms, or countries can gain from trading, even if one of them is objectively the best in all activities.

Comparative advantage is an economic term that describes doing what you do best, and leveraging that against what you don’t do so well. World economies depend on the outcome. Comparison advantage is ...

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A comparative advantage can be something inherent, in the way a person’s height might make them better at basketball. It can also be developed and improved, the way one basketball player can become ...