Now that sounds interesting. A theoretical example. Let s say the British are skilled and efficient brewers of beer but they find baking bread a long and difficult process. The French, on the other hand, don t know much about the amber liquid but have got what it takes to bake a crisp white loaf. We re talking about the quantity of output here.
Quality is quite a separate question.
You can show that specialization is a good idea even if the British are the most efficient at producing everything. In this case they concentrate on their areas of greatest advantage and allow neighbouring countries to produce things in which British superiority is not quite so marked. This again results in more goods being available for everybody. I think I ve got it. That s the theory of comparative advantage .