4. ‘The world’s poorest countries cannot find anything to export. There is no resource that is abundant, certainly not capital or land, and in small poor nations such as Guatemala, not even labour is abundant.’ Discuss (assume Guatemala is the poor country and United states is the rich country)

4. ‘The world’s poorest countries cannot find anything to export. There is no resource that is abundant, certainly not capital or land, and in small poor nations such as Guatemala, not even labour is abundant.’ Discuss (assume Guatemala is the poor country and United states is the rich country)

Principles of Economics 2e

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Chapter23: The International Trade And Capital Flows

Section: Chapter Questions

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