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Out of poverty : sweatshops in the global economy /

"This book is for scholars, public policy analysts, and concerned citizens, who would like to improve the welfare of sweatshop workers in the Third World. It uses rigorous economic reasoning in accessible language to explain the role sweatshops play in alleviating poverty and contributing to th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powell, Benjamin, 1978- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society
Subjects:
Sweatshops.
Anti-sweatshop movement > History.
Economic development > Moral and ethical aspects.
Sweating-system.
Mouvement de lutte contre le sweating-system > Histoire.
Développement économique > Aspect moral.
sweatshops.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The anti-sweatshop movement
  • The economics of sweatshop wage determination
  • Don't cry for me Kathie Lee: how sweatshop wages compare to alternatives
  • Health, safety, and working conditions laws
  • The Rana Plaza disaster and its aftermath
  • Save the children?
  • Is it ethical to buy sweatshop products?
  • A history of sweatshops, 1780-2019
  • The process of economic development
  • What good can activists do?
  • Conclusion.