The Ricardian Model of Comparative Advantage Lends Support to the Argument

question 10

Multiple Choice

The Ricardian model of comparative advantage lends support to the argument that

• A)trade tends to worsen the conditions of unskilled labor in rich countries.
• B)trade is mutually beneficial to the countries that engage in it.
• C)trade tends to worsen the conditions of owners of capital in rich countries.
• D)trade tends to worsen the conditions of workers in poor countries.
• E)trade tends to worsen the conditions of workers in rich countries.

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