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Re:Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap by yummyfajitas on Sunday June 02, 2013 @11:31AM (#5808847)
If prices go up sufficiently then there is no advantage to building a factory in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi workers then become unemployed.

Right now, Bangladesh needs wealth more than anything else. Once they have wealth, they can spend it on things like OSHA.

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Re:Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap by betterunix on Sunday June 02, 2013 @12:30PM (#5809062)
Or, you know, those countries could have factories that satisfy their markets, and we could have factories that satisfy ours. All without having to kill people in the process or burning dirty fuels shipping goods halfway around the world.
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Re:Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 02, 2013 @03:57PM (#5809862)
If they're only satisfying local (poorer) markets, then they have even less money to worry about things like safety.
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Re:Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap by icebraining on Sunday June 02, 2013 @02:03PM (#5809451)
Factories that satisfy their markets won't magically become safe and clean, much like the ones in the now "developed word" during the industrialization phase weren't.
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Re:Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap by kamakazizuru on Sunday June 02, 2013 @01:10PM (#5809254)
theres an interesting course called economics 101 - check it out.
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