Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market
by pas on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:30AM
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The solution to child and worker exploitation is not look sad and just buy the cheap garments and cobalt.
This is a coordination problem first and foremost. The solution is to tax the shit out of supply chains that don't provide the basics.
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And yes, development economics is ugly. There's no royal road from subsistence farming to Switzerland-level, but whatever road there is it's not composed of separately inscrutable steps. It's perfectly okay to strive to make each step better and less horrible.
This is a coordination problem first and foremost. The solution is to tax the shit out of supply chains that don't provide the basics.
...
And yes, development economics is ugly. There's no royal road from subsistence farming to Switzerland-level, but whatever road there is it's not composed of separately inscrutable steps. It's perfectly okay to strive to make each step better and less horrible.