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03060aam a2200445 i 4500 001 FB78265A007311E6AF84DEC2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160412010115 008 131202s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013043747 020 $a 1107029902 020 $a 9781107029903 020 $a 1107688930 020 $a 9781107688933 035 $a (OCoLC)864676416 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d CDX $d OBE $d MEU $d OUP $d UKMGB $d CHVBK $d OCLCF $d DAC $d NLGGC $d JYJ $d Z45 $d OCLCQ $d IAP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HD2337 $b .P694 2014 082 00 $a 331.25/6 $2 23 100 1 $a Powell, Benjamin, $d 1978- 245 10 $a Out of poverty : $b sweatshops in the global economy / $c Benjamin Powell, the Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University. 264 1 $a New York : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xvi, 181 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society. 505 00 $t Conclusion. $t The anti-sweatshop movement -- $t The economics of sweatshop wage determination -- $t Don't cry for me, Kathie Lee : how sweatshop wages compare to alternatives -- $t Health, safety, and working conditions laws -- $t Save the children? -- $t Is it ethical to buy sweatshop products? -- $t A history of sweatshops, 1780-2010 -- $t The process of economic development -- $t What good can activists do? -- $t Conclusion. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a This book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to workers and how they play an important role in the process of development that eventually leads to better wages and working conditions. Using economic theory, the author argues that much of what the anti-sweatshop movement has agitated for would actually harm the very workers they intend to help by creating less desirable alternatives and undermining the process of development. Nowhere does this book put 'profits' or 'economic efficiency' above people. Improving the welfare of poorer citizens of third world countries is the goal, and the book explores which methods best achieve that goal. Out of Poverty will help readers understand how activists and policy makers can help third world workers. 650 0 $a Sweatshops. 650 0 $a Anti-sweatshop movement $x History. 650 0 $a Economic development $x Moral and ethical aspects. 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628. 830 0 $a Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society. 856 41 $z Connect to Table of contents $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2013043747-t.html 856 42 $z Connect to Publisher description $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2013043747-d.html 941 $a 4 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214022241.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091758.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200702012432.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160412010421.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FB78265A007311E6AF84DEC2DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search