I am not sure what Doug means by "transient" teenage women. Malaysia is
largely an Islamic nation, with other ethnic groups like the Indians and
Chinese. By transient it implies that family structures are loose and
women are significantly mobile. I think both of these implied
characterizations of Malaysian society are false. While it is true that
female wage rates are lower in South East Asia and other
developing economies than in North America being "transient" has little
to do with them. Capitalist development has brought about social changes
but at the same time time strengthened indigenous movements, witness the
Bumiputra policies in Malaysia.
Anthony D'Costa
U of Washington
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On Wed, 2 Mar 1994, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> They may be a relatively small portion of overall costs, but they're the
> easiest ones to cut. Can't cut debt service, land costs, the price of raw
> materials, etc., by 90% the way you can by moving from a unionized
> plant in Ontario or a non-unionized one in Tennessee to one staffed by
> transient teenage women in Malaysia.
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> > If labour costs were such a small proportion of overall costs why
> > relocate production at all?
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> > Maybe like a lot of "global goods" there's a world wide marketing price
> > policy so the price is perhaps falling in places like German (to counteract
> > revaluation of Mark or recession) but not in the US. I'd opt for closer
> > scrutiny of the extent of the market and the price of running in different
> > currency areas.
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> > I'm bored with running myself.
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