Summarize Ricardo’s concepts of comparative and absolute advantage. Visually illustrate how gains from exchange come to exist in both scenarios.

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Comparative Advantage and Absolute Advantage Analysis

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