Evaluating a Trade Agreement's Distribution of Gains
An individual named Greta can produce either 1,250 apples or 25 tons of wheat. Another individual, Carlos, can produce either 1,000 apples or 50 tons of wheat. They decide to specialize based on their production advantages and trade at a rate of 35 apples for 1 ton of wheat. Evaluate this trade agreement. First, explain why this trade is mutually beneficial by calculating each individual's opportunity cost and their respective gains from trade. Second, analyze whether this specific exchange rate distributes the gains from trade more favorably to one party over the other, and justify your conclusion.
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