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* Origin of the idea:
* Origin of the idea:
** 1700s Economist Adam Smith wrote:  
** 1700s Economist Adam Smith wrote:  
*** <pre>''“If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our own industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage.” (Book IV, Section ii, 12)''** Comparative advantage means concentrating on what your country is good at making/doing in order to get what other countries are better at making/doing.</pre>
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<pre>“If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our own industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage.” (Book IV, Section ii, 12)''** Comparative advantage means concentrating on what your country is good at making/doing in order to get what other countries are better at making/doing."</pre></div>
Adam Smith on comparative advantage
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** Examples:  
** Examples: