The one number that stands out is Hungary at 1.0, cheaper than
Indonesia. Way cheaper than Poland.
Rob Schaap wrote:
> Table of international business operating costs
> LONDON, Dec 11 AAP|Published: Tuesday December 11, 10:33 PM
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/2001/12/11/FFX674JKCQC.html
Isn't the Gap on of the most intransigent sweatshop-dependent companies,
relying on Chinese workers that go to Guam on false pretenses and who then
live in barracks?
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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>From: Rakesh Bhandari
>
>>the changing nature of work,
>
>Doug, have you had a chance to read Frederick Abernathy, John Dunlop,
>Janice Hammond and David Weil, A Stitch in Time: Lean Retailing and the
>transformation of mfg --lessons from the apparel and textile industries
>(oxford, 1999)? Hav
Why are the average growth calculations from peak to
peak, ie 1989 to 2000. these are base year sensitive,
but maybe he has something else in mind.
--- Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> the World Trade attack greatly reduced the
> attractiveness of Just-In-Time
> inventory reduction.
the World Trade attack greatly reduced the attractiveness of Just-In-Time
inventory reduction. But then business may have forgotten about it now
that the emergency has passed.
On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 06:43:21PM -0800, Rakesh Bhandari wrote:
> > the changing nature of work...and the ideology o
> the changing nature of work...and the ideology of the New Economy
>(which I read as an exuberant variant on post-industrialism, a
>doctrine that's been ripening for at least 30 years).
Doug, any explicit discussion of this book:
Technology and Capital in the Age of Lean Production : A Marxi
>
> the changing nature of work,
Doug, have you had a chance to read Frederick Abernathy, John Dunlop,
Janice Hammond and David Weil, A Stitch in Time: Lean Retailing and
the transformation of mfg--lessons from the apparel and textile
industries (oxford, 1999)? Haven't read it. It seems to be
Carl Remick wrote:
>>From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>Michael Meerpol said that penners might be interested in Dean Baker's
>>The New Economy Goes Bust. I think that he is correct.
>>
>>http://www.cepr.net/new_economy_goes_bust.htm
>
>I notice the summary comment here, "Even the m
>From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Michael Meerpol said that penners might be interested in Dean Baker's
>The New Economy Goes Bust. I think that he is correct.
>
>http://www.cepr.net/new_economy_goes_bust.htm
I notice the summary comment here, "Even the most cursory review of the da
