Tag: exploitation
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Where Sweatshops Are a Dream
New York Times: Where Sweatshops Are a Dream by Nicholas Kristof Before Barack Obama and his team act on their talk about “labor standards,” I’d like to offer them a tour of the vast garbage dump here in Phnom Penh. This is a Dante-like vision of hell. It’s a mountain of festering refuse, a half-hour…
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In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
New York Times: In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay (HT: Danny Gamache) GUANGZHOU, China — Nearly a decade after some of the most powerful companies in the world — often under considerable criticism and consumer pressure — began an effort to eliminate sweatshop labor conditions in Asia, worker abuse is still commonplace in many…
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When Exploitation is Mutually Beneficial
When Exploitation is Mutually Beneficial is an excellent article in TCS Daily about why free trade works. "Exploitation is a word often used but rarely defined. In its most literal meaning — I 'exploit' you if I in some way benefit from your existence — it is the reason human society exists. We all benefit…