alleryStart learning →Whose 1815 Essay on the External Corn Trade has an early use of comparative advantage?
AAdam Smith
BJohn Stuart Mill
CAlfred Marshall
DRobert Torrens
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Robert Torrens
Robert Torrens used the idea of comparative advantage in his 1815 essay, two years before Ricardo's full theory.
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