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Blackvegetable » 25 minutes ago » wrote: ↑

25 minutes ago

That's false..

Foreign buyers can impose labor codes on suppliers.

Republicans at the state level are trying to relax child labor laws...this may become necessary as the labor pool shrinks.

Sure they do, wink  wink!

Nike continues to exploit workers in the Global South. That's just a fact one can't get around.

While Comparative Advantage is the current consensus there is some pushback.

While the theory of comparative advantage is widely accepted, it has been criticized for potentially overstating the benefits of specialization by ignoring factors like transport costs and external costs associated with trade.