[Willie Green]

It's basic flaw is that ignores the profit motive.

Actually, it optimizes profits for the ruling elite.
It's flaw is that it treats labor as a mere commodity, with all the rights, privileges and political self-interest of a damn sugar-beet.

[Cacophonous]

Thank you; I yield to your superior knowledge.

But Ricardo was a big influnce on Marx, who saw free trade as a means to get the ruling elite rich.

[Texas_Dawg]

Actually, it optimizes profits for the ruling elite. It's flaw is that it treats labor as a mere commodity, with all the rights, privileges and political self-interest of a damn sugar-beet.

Workers of the World, Unite!