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050 00 $aHD2337$b.P694 2014
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100 1 $aPowell, Benjamin,$d1978-
245 10 $aOut of poverty :$bsweatshops in the global economy /$cBenjamin Powell, the Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2014.
300 $axvi, 181 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aCambridge studies in economics, choice, and society
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction --$gThe$tanti-sweatshop movement --$gThe$teconomics of sweatshop wage determination --$tDon't cry for me, Kathie Lee : how sweatshop wages compare to alternatives --$tHealth, safety, and working conditions laws --$tSave the children? --$tIs it ethical to buy sweatshop products? --$gA$thistory of sweatshops, 1780-2010 --$gThe$tprocess of economic development --$tWhat good can activists do? --$gConclusion.
546 $aText in English.
520 $aThis book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to workers and how they play an important role in the process of development that eventually leads to better wages and working conditions. Using economic theory, the author argues that much of what the anti-sweatshop movement has agitated for would actually harm the very workers they intend to help by creating less desirable alternatives and undermining the process of development. Nowhere does this book put 'profits' or 'economic efficiency' above people. Improving the welfare of poorer citizens of third world countries is the goal, and the book explores which methods best achieve that goal. Out of Poverty will help readers understand how activists and policy makers can help third world workers.
650 0 $aSweatshops.
650 0 $aAnti-sweatshop movement$xHistory.
650 0 $aEconomic development$xMoral and ethical aspects.
830 0 $aCambridge studies in economics, choice, and society.
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