Scenario 3-1 ​

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Essay

Scenario 3-1
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In country A a worker who works 40 hours can produce 200 pounds of rice or 100 pounds of broccoli. In country B a worker who works 40 hours can produce 160 pounds of rice or 120 pounds of broccoli.
-Refer to Scenario 3-1. Which country, if either, has a comparative advantage producing broccoli? Defend your answer using the numbers given.

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Definitions:

Kerensky

Alexander Kerensky was a key political figure in the Russian Provisional Government before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

Red Guards

Paramilitary volunteer formations that emerged during the Russian Revolution of 1917, composed mainly of workers and peasants, supporting Bolshevik forces and involved in key revolutionary activities.

Factory Workers' Militias

Armed groups formed by industrial laborers, often for self-defense or promoting workers' rights during labor disputes.

Bolsheviks

The Bolsheviks were a faction within the Russian socialist movement that led the October Revolution in 1917, establishing the Soviet state.