Recent content by MarcusIII

comparative advantage (David Ricardo 1817)

So? Still as applicable to C.A. as other things.

Great! Let's keep it on track.

In settings like the 3I the effects of comparative advantage (C.A.) will be particularly felt as the Imperial government will not allow systems to impose tariffs for the purpose of blunting C.A. Therefore, you will find these developing just like here on present day Earth. A couple of...

Same with many other countries on earth. That isn't what a comparative advantage is about. Which is what this thread is about and its effect on shipping distance.

Planet China has the resources of Earth. The rest of the questions don't really play into the particular question as they apply at all times to all products everywhere. What if a star went nova and took out a few systems?

So, theoretically one could load up your freighter with these items with a destination 140 or so parsecs away and off you go... It's one way to get your PCs to go somewhere far away getting paid to move.

If the comparative advantage for making the iPhone was Cr5 (they can manufacture it at a cost Cr5 less than others) then one could ship up to 142 parsecs before it matches the price point of the next best source. Because it only costs Cr.035 per parsec of shipping per phone.

No. see the real world for what happens in the case I presented. But still not relevant macro econ wise

Which doesn't matter for the purposes of his question. But, yes it would draw attention for the wary spies around.:)

The demand exists already which is why the original question needs asking.

Here is what I use in MTU https://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/threads/cepheus-deluxe-100-ton-j6-intel-messenger.126264/

Scenario: The planet China manufactures iPhones that retail for Cr200 (1977 price). In a 1.5m x 3m x 3m space you can fit about 28,000 packaged phones. For each parsec shipped it costs 3.5 "cents" per phone. So for relatively small, high priced products you could ship them all over a sector...

Exactly. And on a mil ship no labs are needed, workshop space subsumed in the engineering spaces like on a sub, medical space is a 2 square meters for the entire 140 man crew

No, I'm not talking about anything other than the amount of LS equipment to support X number of people. How much space their bedroom has is 100% irrelevant as beds don't consume LS. And rthe ship in general doesn't consume LS. So you can't determine amount of equipment needed by volume of ship