Did Ricardo support protectionism for national economies?
Yes
No
No clear stance
He changed his mind throughout his career
Answer
Ricardo denounced the protectionism of his era. He held that nations, like individuals, gain from specialization according to their comparative advantage and hence from unhindered free trade. Moreover, he claimed that even if a country has no absolute comparative advantage, it still gains by specializing and trading given the gains from exchange.
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