In the early 1950s, the United States was abundant in capital and, therefore, should have been exporting more capital-intensive goods.However, contrary to the factor proportions theory, the United States was importing more capital-intensive goods and exporting labor-intensive goods.This is an example of:

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The Leontief Paradox refers to the empirical finding by economist Wassily Leontief that, contrary to the predictions of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory (also known as the factor proportions theory), the United States (which was relatively abundant in capital) exported labor-intensive goods and imported capital-intensive goods. This was unexpected because the theory predicted that countries would export goods that intensively use their abundant factors of production.

In the Early 1950s, the United States Was Abundant in Capital