Re: idea to help each other out

2009-08-23 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 18:03 -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 01:08 -0600, Alex Esplin wrote: > > Comparative Advantage is entirely > > dependent on gain (for both parties) from trade, and I won't trade > > unless I can gain from it. In which case, no matter which party is > > mor

Re: idea to help each other out

2009-08-23 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 01:08 -0600, Alex Esplin wrote: > Comparative Advantage is entirely > dependent on gain (for both parties) from trade, and I won't trade > unless I can gain from it. In which case, no matter which party is > more productive, each party from their own point of view got the > be

Re: idea to help each other out

2009-08-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:08:33 -0600 Alex Esplin wrote: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 15:48, Stuart Jansen > wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 14:13 -0600, Alex Esplin wrote: > >> Even in a straight across trade, from my point of view I have to be > >> better off than the person I'm trading with, or the

Re: idea to help each other out

2009-08-23 Thread Alex Esplin
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 15:48, Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 14:13 -0600, Alex Esplin wrote: >> Even in a straight across trade, from my point of view I have to be >> better off than the person I'm trading with, or there is no incentive >> to trade.  Granted, this example is entirely