Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo

Cherry Blossoms are blooming this weekend. 

Usually, it is the symbols of the entrance ceremony in schools, however, in this year, it is earlier than usual and it is the time for the graduation season.

Female students are wearing the combination of "Kimono" and "Hakama", which is never put on besides the graduation ceremony these days.  

"Shunbun no Hi"; the Spring Equinox, a National Holiday

Today is a national holiday, named "Shunbun no Hi", which means the spring equinox.

Today, it is very warm; around noon, its temperature is 17 degree celsius in my area, which means  warmer than usual, in comparison with the average highest temperature for 30 years is 13.3 degree celsius.

A cat is relaxed under the mild sunlights,
some flowers are already blooming,
and cherry blossoms are ready to sprout
through the warmer weather of this year.
Everything seems to enjoy the arrival of Spring.

Cherry blossom in Tokyo area is expected to bloom this weekend.
The right side of two pictures is Japanese quinces, and the left side is Ornamental kale.

Please take a look at my previous post about the Spring Equinox below:

http://ritztalk.blogspot.jp/2015/03/equinox.html

Comparative advantages & Absolute advantages

Someone gave me a famous saying by a novelist;

"There is nothing Noble in being better than others"

This sentence brings me controversial ideas such as the title of today's my blog.

Because this saying recommends to be competitive.

Comparative advantages and Absolute advantages are used in Economics when two countries are compared in the mutual trade relationship.

When a  country has a certain stronger domain among its industries, that domain is said that it has Comparative advantages.  

On the other hand, Absolute advantages mean that a country has stronger  industries than those of another country.

Economics tells us that if a country has the comparatively stronger industry, then that country has a chance to build a trade relationship between a large country even though it has absolute advantages.

Those propositions in Economics reminds me two things:

1. Every country has chances to make trade relationships between larger countries to increase domestic benefits;

2. Large countries have chances to expand their economical control into small countries.