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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
In America, we are able to produce about everything we consume, but we don't. Several decades ago, the US was a manufacturing economy. We used to make the Nike shoes, Lives jeans, and many other goods here in the United States. However, we no longer produce those commodities in the US (even though we practically could). Why?Â
How does the concept of opportunity cost and comparative advantage explain the above argument?Â
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