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Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Simon J. Evenett
Part One: Ricardo’s insights then and now
Ricardo and comparative advantage at 200
Douglas A Irwin
The neglected subtleties of comparative advantage
Terry Peach
The long shadow that Ricardo has cast over the modern analysis of trade
Jonathan Eaton
Part Two: Ricardo’s relevance to understanding 21st century commerce
Comparative advantage in digital trade
Alan V Deardorff
Examining trade in services through Ricardo’s lens
Sébastien Miroudot
Ricardo’s comparative advantage has been denationalised
Richard Baldwin
International commerce and technology transfer measures two centuries after Ricardo
Przemyslaw Kowalski
Ricardo’s relevance in today’s open but heavily distorted world trading system
Simon J. Evenett
Part Three: The contemporary relevance of comparative advantage for decision-makers
Don’t blame Ricardo – take responsibility for domestic political choices
Ernesto Zedillo
Why managers still need to take account of comparative advantage
Pankaj Ghemawat
Welfare gains in a globalised world: Insights from Ricardo for the 21st century
Swati Dhingra
Ricardo and unilateral liberalisation
L Alan Winters
The distributional implications of US trade liberalisation with China
Justin R Pierce and Peter K Schott
Hostage to fortune: Local labour markets and the case for trade
Simon J. Evenett