>I agree with Micheal. Workers earning their livings in sweatshops do not >even get a living wage. Let's not make the situation look better. >Particulary, women workers are more vulnerable to exploitation in this >process.It is true that most of the women in this part of the world come >to cities to find jobs in order to escape themselves from old fashioned >rural patriarchy. Yes, they prefer to work in Nike rather than in rice >fields. What happens is that they are now exploited by capitalist bosses >who use them as slave labor. But they're better off than they would be if they weren't exploited by capitalist bosses, right? Didn't Joan Robinson understand this? Brad DeLong -- ---------------------------------------------------- This is the Unix version of the 'I Love You' virus. It works on the honor system. If you receive this mail, please delete a bunch of GIFs, MP3s and binaries from your home directory. Then send a copy of this e-mail to everyone you know...