An idea from On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

Under a system of perfectly free commerce, each country naturally devotes its capital and labour to such employments as are most beneficial to each. This pursuit of individual advantage is admirably connected with the universal good of the whole.

From On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo

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