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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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David Ricardo, who lived in the late 18 th and early 19 th century in Great Britain, and who was one of the most influential classical economists, coined the term comparative advantage in 1817. He had ...

What with this magazine's update to the rich list there's a flurry of articles about Inditex and their major brand, Zara. And there's one little point in one of them that shows the power of an old ...

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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 ...