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Attorney. Business Strategist. China Hand.
Micah Schwalb (石弥迦) lives and works in Denver, Colorado. To contact him, send an email to micah dot schwalb at boulder2beijing dot com.
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Micah Schwalb (石弥迦) lives and works in Denver, Colorado. To contact him, send an email to micah dot schwalb at boulder2beijing dot com.
Disclaimer:
The views expressed here do not represent those of our employers or our clients.
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Once every American has read it, what next? Should admittedly overindulgent American consumers collectively boycott goods whose manufacture is dangerous to Chinese workers? Should American marketing and advertising firms refuse to promote the products of clients who buy from such factories? Should taxes and tariffs be created to force China to internalize these externalities, at least with regard to the American marketplace? The strategy for keeping McLawyer Junior from exposing himself to toxins used in Chinese manufacturing is clear -- I take the toys out of the toy box. I have no idea how to take the toxins out of the Chinese workers' hands.
Likewise, but that's not to say that we should ignore the moral and physical hazards caused by the American consumer. I suspect that it won't be too long before we start seeing lists of American companies that exploit Chinese workers, if such lists don't exist already. Indeed, it seems that the AFL-CIO is even getting in on the game.
On the good and evil scale, how does the change in quality of life and life expectancy of the Chinese resulting from $287billion in trade compare to the damage done by lack of workplace safety?
I think the answer to maclawyer's questions regarding actions of our consumers and marketers are, yes and yes. What could have a greater impact on workplace safety than the market.
A twenty-first century, inter-continental version of Adam Smith's invisible hand guided by Upton Sinclair's irresistable voice?
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