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But isn't the inevitable effect of comparative advantage that someone goes to the wall in the medium term (albeit everyone will ultimately be better off when used as directed)?
IANAE, but it just seemed to me from the way Jerome described it that the "Dutch disease" triggered the same mechanisms one would expect to see when transitioning to a comparative advantage scenario. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
This takes on real-world proportions when applied to rain-forest clearance for monocultures. Yet we're still being told, in the name of comparative advantage, that the Doha Round is the way to go.
http://guerby.org/blog/index.php/2006/04/23/65-salades-et-tomates
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