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Gaining Through Comparative Advantage - recording transcript (1/16/2012)

Partial or complete specialization according to comparative advantage is a win-win strategy to increase total output, even though one party might enjoy absolute advantage over another party.

Keywords: absolute advantage, comparative advantage, opportunity cost, PPC, PPF, production function, production possibilities curve, production possibilities frontier, trade

The Case for Sweatshops (1/23/1999)

Sweatshops in low wage countries supplying goods to American companies may offer better paying jobs than other local firms.

Keywords: free trade, low wage labor, morality, sweatshops, trade