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Such abstract arguments do not address the real concerns of American workers whose jobs have moved overseas. But the true nature of their plight might be easier to understand if leaders were more honest about what lurks behind the globalization-makes-you-poor argument. In 1945, when almost every potentially rich economy apart from the U.S. lay amid the rubble of war, the U.S. accounted for about 50% of world economic output, and U.S. wages were much higher than those elsewhere. But other nations caught up--first Western Europe, then Japan, then Southeast Asia, then Eastern Europe, now India...
Karl Marx once wrote that "the worker becomes an ever-cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates." His observation was published 160 years ago, but it's an accurate commentary on the plight of millions of Chinese like Chen Suo, a 16-year-old assembly-line worker at shoe manufacturer Stella International located in the southern city of Dongguan in Guangdong province. Chen returned to her home in Shaanxi province in disgrace earlier this month after spending eight months in jail for participating in a labor protest that turned violent. "I wasn't thinking of breaking things or blowing things...
...Since the shock of 9/11, the U.S. and other Western governments have tended to err on the side of caution. Canberra has been criticized for its seeming indifference to the plight of Habib and fellow Australian David Hicks (who's been charged with three terrorism offenses). "The government has failed in its most basic obligation to protect Australian citizens," said Shadow Attorney General Nicola Roxon. But since Australia's counterterrorism laws weren't yet in force when Hicks and Habib were captured, they could not have been prosecuted at home, said Attorney General Philip Ruddock. Given the "grave nature...
...MAKING A NEW PLEA While advertisers remain sensitive to the plight of the tsunami victims, travelers are being encouraged to come back to stricken destinations; officials are calling tourist dollars a direct form of aid. The Sri Lanka Tourist Board's new slogan reads, IF YOU WANT TO SAVE US, COME AND VISIT...
...understand their plight,” Mahan said. The amendment and the position paper both passed unanimously...