Re: free trade and wages

1994-02-01 Thread R . P . Palan
Jim O'Connor invites us to think about the extent to which quality improvement are built into capitalist competition. In longer historical context it appears that competition has favoured those producing inferior goods. The Dutch out smarted the Italians by producting cheaper garments. The

Re: Free trade and wages

1994-01-27 Thread Doug Henwood
Is this vast wedge between pay productivity sustainable? Doug Doug Henwood [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Left Business Observer 212-874-4020 (voice) 212-874-3137 (fax) PS: I'd like to hear more about your work on SK steel. On Wed, 26 Jan 1994, Anthony D'Costa wrote: Low wages is a challenge, no

Re: Free trade and wages

1994-01-26 Thread Anthony D'Costa
Low wages is a challenge, no doubt, especially when combined with high productivity. Harley Shaiken's study on the maquiladoras (1990) and my own study of the South Korean steel industry indicate. Increasingly I see the possibility of other products, software for example, to be driven by