Child Labor and Sweatshops
Child Labor and Sweatshops | Efforts to Reduce the Use of Sweatshops Are Misguided
Irwin M. Stelzer is the director of regulatory policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
Summary: Attempts to reduce the use of overseas sweatshops are misguided. The effort on the part of trade unions and government officials to raise wages and to have goods manufactured under humane conditions would greatly increase production costs, driving many overseas plants out of business. This, in turn, would hurt the economies of developing nations and irrevocably damage international trade. Moreover, laborers in foreign...
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Table of Contents
- Child Labor and Sweatshops: An Overview
- An Indictment of Sweatshops
- A Defense of Sweatshops
- Sweatshops Must Be Recognized as a Human Rights Violation
- Sweatshops Often Benefit the Economies of Developing Nations
- Child Labor Is Beneficial
- The United States Should Ban Imports of Products Made by Children
- Efforts to Ban Goods Made by Children Are Counterproductive
- Consumer Pressure Can Reduce the Use of Sweatshops
- Efforts to Reduce the Use of Sweatshops Are Misguided
- International Partnerships Must Reduce the Use of Child Labor
- Campaigns Against Child Labor Are Protectionist and Imperialist
- Workplace Codes Could Prevent Sweatshop Abuses
- Workplace Codes Will Not Prevent Sweatshop Abuses
- Product Labeling Programs May Not Reduce Child Labor
- Youth Activism Can Help Reduce Child Labor
- Educators Should Encourage Student Activism Against the Use of Sweatshops
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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