I have been reading some economics papers and books and I have developed a fascination for the subject. I am linking comparative advantage to one of my favorite topics, game-theory. Comparative advantage is the theory that a country should specialize in what they are good at producing and then trade with other countries for good they are less good at producing. It is a non-zero-sum theory in that by specializing countries can collectively maximize global production. However, I challenge this non-zero-sum assumption as it appears that sometimes players will be less than trustworthy. Thus, the goal of maximizing global economic production may be a misguided objective function when you cannot trust the other players.
Best,
Matt