Why don't countries specialize in the productionof just a few goods for which they have acomparative advantage? a. In most cases,increasing opportunity costs would accompanythe continually increasing production of aproduct specialist. b. In most cases, resourcedrains would accompany the continuallyincreasing production of a product specialist. c.Doing so would limit innovation in otherindustries. d. Doing so would limit innovation inthe core industries, because there would be littleincentive for it.

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