Comment on the following statement: “An examination of the Ricardian model of comparative advantage yields the clear result that trade is (potentially)beneficial for each of the two trading partners since it allows for an expanded consumption choice for each. However, for the world as a whole, the expansion of production of one product must involve a decrease in the availability of the other, so that it is not clear that trade is better for the world as a whole as compared to an initial situation of non-trade (but efficient production in each country

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Comparative Advantage and Absolute Advantage Analysis

The theory of absolute advantage was given by Adam Smith in the year 1776.