This is a link to a short article about Apple computer allegedly using a sweatshop in China to manufacture iPods. My interest in the article, though, is primarily the comparison it makes early on as to how a loaf of bread represents a larger portion of an American's income, vs. a Chinese citizen's income. So it's difficult to say who is really better off.
http://fixyourthinking.com/2006/06/apple-costs-less-in-china.html
And in the few comments to the article, four so far, someone made the interesting point that as Chinese incomes are rising, jobs are apparently moving to countries with less expensive labor available. The country given as an example is Vietnam.



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