Sweatshops and How They Can Help The Poor Escape Poverty

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Sweatshops should all be shut down because of the terrible working conditions and unfair treatment of workers, right? But what about the people who choose to work in these conditions? Learn more: http://bit.ly/1HVAtKP. If we look at sweatshops from the perspective of the world's poor, we may find that we should not be trying to close their doors after all. Professor Matt Zwolinski explains three reasons sweatshops may actually be worth keeping: sweatshop jobs may be better than the alternatives, closing sweatshops just reduces job options for the poor, and it is better to do something to end global poverty than to do nothing. From the perspective of the world's poor, which looks better: an American company that outsources to sweatshops and provides jobs in developing countries, or an American company that hires only U.S. workers? • SUBSCRIBE: • http://bit.ly/1HVAtKP • FOLLOW US: • Website: https://www.learnliberty.org/ • Facebook: / learnliberty • Twitter: / learnliberty • Google +: http://bit.ly/1hi66Zz • LEARN MORE: • -Check out the New York Times article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/wor... • -Check out Matt Zwolinski's blog here: • http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/ • -Minimum Wage Debate: How Sweatshops Are Actually Good for the Poor: • http://www.policymic.com/articles/945... • LEARN LIBERTY • Your resource for exploring the ideas of a free society. We tackle big questions about what makes a society free or prosperous and how we can improve the world we live in. Watch more at http://bit.ly/1UleLbP unfair working conditions

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