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020			_a9781139342704 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aHD2337 _b.P694 2014
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100	1		_aPowell, Benjamin, _d1978- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOut of poverty : _bsweatshops in the global economy / _cBenjamin Powell, The Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 181 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge studies in economics, cognition and society
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aPreface -- Acknowledgements -- 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 -- Save the children? -- Is it ethical to buy sweatshop products? -- A history of sweatshops, 1780-2010 -- The process of economic development -- What good can activists do? -- Conclusion -- References -- About the author.
520			_aThis book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to workers and how they play an important role in the process of development that eventually leads to better wages and working conditions. Using economic theory, the author argues that much of what the anti-sweatshop movement has agitated for would actually harm the very workers they intend to help by creating less desirable alternatives and undermining the process of development. Nowhere does this book put 'profits' or 'economic efficiency' above people. Improving the welfare of poorer citizens of third world countries is the goal, and the book explores which methods best achieve that goal. Out of Poverty will help readers understand how activists and policy makers can help third world workers.
650		0	_aSweatshops.
650		0	_aAnti-sweatshop movement _xHistory.
650		0	_aEconomic development _xMoral and ethical aspects.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107029903
830		0	_aCambridge studies in economics, cognition and society.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139342704
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