Making Free Marketeers Angry: A Race to the Bottom

Tuesday, March 9, 2004

A Race to the Bottom

Labour comes cheap, and will get cheaper still. Nike has been accused of using child labour in Cambodia; Adidas of using prison labour in China; Benetton of using child workers in Turkey; Gap of paying workers in Central America only 12 cents for each $20 Gap shirt they made. Only the luxury end for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Jeff Gates put forward some of the most powerful, compelling, well-researched and well-referenced arguements against the accepted 'wisdom' that the current version of capitalism works. Now, I add my own pearls. Ten deep breathes before reading, or you're in at your own risk. Hey! Don't Shoot The Messenger! OK?

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