The World Is Flat

It's pretty amusing that corporations upset about China's new labor law dust off essentially identical talking points as they might use to oppose a bump in the New Jersey minimum wage. Surely it would make more sense for the businesses in question to use this turn of events to try to undercut the "race to the bottom" globalization narrative and help bolster support for business-friendly trade policies.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/06/the-world-is-flat/42962/