Eric and Deborah are partners at a law firm. They are trying to determine which of them has a comparative advantage in typing the 25 pages required for a sales pitch to a prospective client. Eric can type 20 pages per hour. For other activities, he can bill clients $500 per hour. Eric's opportunity cost of typing pages isper page.
Deborah's opportunity cost of typing pages is 25% lower than Eric's. However, as the senior partner, her billing rate is 20% higher. Based on all of these facts, has a comparative advantage in typing pages.

David paid $975,000 for two beachfront lots in coastal south carolina, with the intention of building residential homes on each. two years later, the south carolina legislature passed the beachfront management act, barring any further development of the coast, including david's lots. when david files a complaint to seek compensation for his property, south carolina refuses, pointing to a passage in david's own complaint that states "the beachfront management act [was] properly and validly designed to south carolina's " is south carolina required to compensate david under the takings clause?