In a world where technology and capital are highly transferable, there is a real risk that comparative advantage comes to be defined… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will… — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
United States has comparative advantage in military force. It tends to react to anything at first with military force, that's what it's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The ability to work with systems of general equilibrium is perhaps one of the most important skills of the economist - a… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
The U.S. tends to export high-tech goods because we have strong comparative advantage there, and we tend to import labor-intensive and less… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Temporary nationalization of the banks that are in very bad shape would mean basically that the government is the temporary owner. I… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning - which is the art of creating an illusion - and that puts hundreds… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Economists have understood since the Victorian era that the main benefits of trade come from comparative advantage: the idea that people can… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Firms gain comparative advantage from how good their people are. Retaining and attracting talent is a key point of competitive advantage in… — Scott Morrison Copy Share Image
The fact that global savers accommodate U.S. consumers by keeping U.S. interest rates lower than they otherwise would be and the dollar… — John H. Makin Copy Share Image
In many societies the domestic social costs of adjustment to changing patterns of comparative advantage are believed to outweigh the advantages of… — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
To be strategic is to concentrate on what is important, on those few objectives that can give us a comparative advantage, on… — Richard Koch Copy Share Image
