This essay inspired me to read about comparative advantage. I pulled up this wikipedia article: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Comparative_advantage" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Comparative_advantage</a><p>I have to say that I&#x27;m still a bit confused by it. In the example given, Portugal has an absolute advantage in cloth and wine. Let&#x27;s say England&#x27;s productivity was massively less than Portugal (say it took a 1M hours to produce cloth and 1.3M to produce wine), but Portugal takes 90 and 80 respectively. Wouldn&#x27;t the world be flush with Portugal&#x27;s product in both industries rather than only in wine?<p>EDIT: This link was useful though I think I&#x27;m still unsure about the case I proposed. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;economics.fundamentalfinance.com&#x2F;micro_comparative.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;economics.fundamentalfinance.com&#x2F;micro_comparative.ph...</a>