The Ricardian Model of Comparative Advantage Lends Support to the Argument

question 8

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

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