xkcd #3290: Trade

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"You legs may have a comparative advantage at running, but we arms have a competitive advantage at swinging hammers, so unless you accept that we're the dominant limbs and stop hogging the oxygen, that running advantage won't be around for long."

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"You legs may have a comparative advantage at running, but we arms have a competitive advantage at swinging hammers, so unless you accept that we're the dominant limbs and stop hogging the oxygen, that running advantage won't be around for long."
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[+] -8 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Trump has an economics degree yet doesn't understand simple shit like this

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  • [–] 43 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    He has an economics degree like Dr. Pepper has a medical degree.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I remember some quip about how his professor said that he was the dumbest student that he had ever had.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago*

    “I remember the inflection of his voice when he said it: ‘Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had!’”

    - Marketing professor William T. Kelley (according to attorney Frank DiPrima, who was close friends with Kelley for 47 years)

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