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I know these sorts of comments get many people angry, but I think that the energy that people here put into trying to refute the theory of comparative advantage is misguided and could be put to better use -- again, by making a broader accounting of the total costs and benefits, and their distribution, of our current trade system, and by suggesting ways to reform that system to maximize the net benefits while ensuring a fairer distribution.
by TGeraghty on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 11:44:02 PM EST
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Refute might not be the right word. Understand what is going on and how reliable it is: present a subject as mathematical and we're going to do that.

However, both Drew and you seem to have decided it's better to abandon the mathematics and rely on common sense.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jun 13th, 2006 at 02:33:45 AM EST
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