The island country of Bela Norte is highly skilled at fishing. The country also produces furniture made from domestic hardwoods, as well as pottery from local clay, but fishing is the country’s most productive industry. According to the theories of Adam Smith and David Ricardo, the most efficient way for Bela Norte to create wealth is to ______.

a. equally divide its efforts between fishing, furniture making, and pottery
b. invest all resources into furniture making and pottery
c. devote all of its resources to fishing and import everything else
d. stop producing goods and import everything


c. devote all of its resources to fishing and import everything else

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