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...This is green imperialism.' NOR MOHAMED YAKCOP, Malaysia's Deputy Finance Minister, arguing that developed countries are hypocritical because they complain about China's greenhouse-gas emissions while taking advantage of the country's cheap labor...
...deadly pet food, lead-paint-tainted toy trains and shredding tires made in China. The U.S. imported 40% of its consumer goods from China last year. But there is no practical way to gauge, other than by reputation, whether a Chinese import is as safe as it is cheap. So should you worry more about the extension cords or the TV? Screen the kids' toys but not their shoes? Until China's capitalism develops its own set of rules and limits, is that our only option in a made-in-China world...
...innocent people are becoming victims of careless operations of NATO and international forces," he said. "We are thankful for [the international community's] help to Afghanistan, but that does not mean that Afghan lives have no value. Afghan life is not cheap and it should not be treated as such...
Still, there are hidden costs to cheap calories. Environmental damage is one--in the postwar race to the lowest possible price, farmers applied oceans of pesticides and fertilizers--but obesity is the most obvious. A common objection to ending subsidies is that people will go hungry, and indeed some Americans can't afford to eat: in 2005, according to the USDA, 2.9% of households had at least one member who went hungry at least once the previous year. But the U.S. has a bigger problem with overnutrition. More than half of us are overweight; we spend something like $94 billion...
...translated Slow Food Nation (Rizzoli; 262 pages), agriculture has become "completely detached from the lives of billions of people, as if procuring food had become a matter of course and required no effort at all." But one way or another, we will pay for all that we're eating. CHEAP EATS Percentage of disposable income Americans spend on food [This article contains a chart. Please see hardcopy of magazine...