Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

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 ...

A comparative advantage means having the lowest cost of producing a product. Numerous factors contribute to comparative advantage. Having a comparative advantage allows a company to lower prices on ...

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.

It’s very rare that one feels bold enough to disagree with Professor Diedre McCloskey on economics (or history or English or anything else she chooses to master or simply take an interest in, which ...

Graham Lawton asks why we are often misguided, and begins by explaining that international trade is a win-win game because of comparative advantage (16 December 2017, p 28). He explains this in terms ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! The House Agriculture Committee hears testimony on how food production would be affected by the adoption of a North American Free Trade Agreement, ...

What’s on your to-do list today? The answer, especially if you’re a CEO, is probably “more than I can possibly get done.” There’s an entire time-management industry that seeks to help people at all ...

Dans deux pays ayant chacun deux secteurs de production, on fait l'hypothèse que des conditions de concurrence oligopolistique sont réunies, en autarcie, dans chaque secteur de chaque pays, à partir ...

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 ...

Once again, the Supreme Court torpedoed my plan to write about its tariff decision by not making one, and it now appears that the column will have to wait until February. Meanwhile, tariff payments ...