On: Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap

[betterunix]

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.

[Dylan16807 → betterunix]

If they're only satisfying local (poorer) markets, then they have even less money to worry about things like safety.

[icebraining → betterunix]

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.

[kamakazizuru → betterunix]

theres an interesting course called economics 101 - check it out.