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global specialization (via
comparative advantage)
increases efficiency/wealth for
all
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Theoretical assumptions/explanations (1) identify key actors and conditions of the world, and (2) explain how they interact to cause outcomes of interest.
Normative goals//prescriptions (1) identify which outcomes are desirable, and (2) prescribe actions to achieve them.
NORMATIVE GOALS AND PRESCRIPTIONS2
State should keep out of the Working classes should State should restrict the scope State should
market, except to be an ‘umpire’ mobilize to redistribute of market activity, create protect/subsidize national
Prescription
(protect property rights, enforce wealth (esp. socialize nonmarket ‘public spaces’ industry and promote
(for policy) contracts, etc.) means of production) exports, use economic
warfare against enemies