All Posts Tagged With: "sweatshops"
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
With the increasing trade of goods and services across national borders and the erosion of command economies, the enemies of the market have now become “anti-globalists.” To them, “globalization”—specifically, international trade and investment—is responsible for poverty and deteriorating living conditions, especially in underdeveloped countries. Prompted by a protester’s assertion about the squalid conditions in which [...]
1Apr2006 | Tom Welch | 0 comments | ContinuedWal-Mart Is Good for the Economy
Ideologues who rant against Wal-Mart do not understand economics. In a market economy, success goes to those businesses that best and most efficiently serve consumer needs.
1Oct2005 | John Semmens | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Virtues of Sweatshops
Stefan Spath was formerly executive director of FEE. An acquaintance said to me the other day how appalling it is to see so many Americans revel in the gifts received during the holidays. “We should be ashamed of ourselves,” he lamented. “Most of this stuff was manufactured in sweatshops.” Such a misinformed notion shouldn’t go [...]
1Mar2002 | Stefan Spath | 2 comments | ContinuedWhy Economies Grow
Aaron Schavey is a policy analyst in the Center for International Trade and Economics (CITE) at the Heritage Foundation. One of the consequences of living in an affluent society such as the United States is that the poverty of the majority of the world is often overlooked. For instance, a recent report from the Organization [...]
1Nov2001 | Aaron Schavey | 2 comments | ContinuedSweatshops: Look for the INS Label
The nineteenth-century phenomenon of sweatshops is re-emerging as an important 21st-century issue for American labor and business. For example, the United Students Against Sweatshops has called on its 180 campus affiliates to organize and force universities to deal only with manufacturers who abide by fair labor practices. In February, students from the University of Pennsylvania [...]
1Jul2000 | Wendy McElroy | 0 comments | ContinuedSweatshops for the New World Order
Poverty is an anomaly to many Americans. When they encounter it in foreign countries they view it as an aberration of human relations: the rich are exploiting the poor who are forced to work for “slave labor.” In contemporary terminology, “profit-seeking multinational corporations are operating monstrous sweatshops for the New World Order.” What these Americans [...]
1Nov1996 | Hans F. Sennholz | 0 comments | Continued-
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