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Comparative Advantage

The economic principle where an agent has an advantage over another when a particular good they can produce at a lower relative opportunity cost (i.e. at a lower relative marginal cost prior to trade) than their competitors.

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Origin

First introduced by the British economist David Ricardo in his book "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" in 1817.