Consider Two Individuals - Howard and Mai - Each of Whom

question 40

Multiple Choice

Consider two individuals - Howard and Mai - each of whom would like to wear sweaters and eat tasty food.The gains from trade between Howard and Mai are least obvious in which of the following cases?

• A)Howard is very good at knitting sweaters and at cooking tasty food,but Mai's skills in both of these activities are very poor.
• B)Howard is very good at knitting sweaters and at cooking tasty food;Mai is very good at knitting sweaters,but she knows nothing about cooking tasty food.
• C)Howard's skills in knitting sweaters are fairly good,but his skills in cooking tasty food are fairly bad;Mai's skills in knitting sweaters are fairly bad,but her skills in cooking tasty food are fairly good.
• D)Howard's skills are such that he can produce only sweaters,and Mai's skills are such that she can produce only tasty food.

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