This article explores how the comparative advantage economics concept defined by David Ricardo applies to startups in different scenarios.

Comparative advantage is real, but it won’t stop A.I. from taking over everything if it’s better at everything and computing keeps getting cheaper, Restrepo said.

We estimate labor demand equations derived from a (restricted variable) cost function in which "experience" on a technology (proxied by the mean age of the capital stock) enters "non-neutrally." Our ...

According to the general consensus in academia, Ricardo’s theory of international trade embodies the theory of comparative advantage. The principle of comparative advantage he proposed, based on the ...

One common oversimplification is that it’s just about countries making and trading what they’re best at. Yes, but there’s a bit more to it.

That is, Ricardo on trade and comparative advantage might be 200 years old today but it's all still entirely relevant. And thus, of course, we really should get to grips with the only logically ...