As your textbook states in "Eye on Your Life" in Chapter 3, just as an economy expands its production possibilities by accumulating capital, so also will you expand your production possibilities by accumulating human capital. That is what you are doing right now in school.

By discovering your comparative advantage, you will be able to focus on producing the items that made you as well off as possible. Think hard about what you enjoy doing and that you do comparatively better than others. That, most likely, is where your comparative advantage lies.

In today's world, it is a good idea to remain flexible so that you can switch jobs if you discover that your comparative advantage has changed.

Looking beyond your self-interest, are you going to support or oppose offshore outsourcing? Explain why.

You've learned in Chapter 3 that regardless of whether outsourcing remains inside the United States, as it does with Liz and Joe at their smoothie bar, or is global like the outsourcing of jobs by U.S. producers to India, both parties gain from trade.