Sweatshop wages and Third-World workers : are the wages worth the sweat?.

Professor Benjamin Powell defines sweatshops and explains that the actions of the anti-sweatshop protest movement will not actually improve workers' situations. Sweatshops are a stage in every country's economic development, and worker conditions and wages can only improve with time and fu...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captions in English.
Published: Arlington, VA, USA : The Institute for Humane Studies, 2011.
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Summary:Professor Benjamin Powell defines sweatshops and explains that the actions of the anti-sweatshop protest movement will not actually improve workers' situations. Sweatshops are a stage in every country's economic development, and worker conditions and wages can only improve with time and further advances. He also offers a way for activists to effectively speed this process and incentivize the payment of higher wages.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (35 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, colour
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781473980969
1473980968