tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post7038440559615461827..comments2023-10-30T03:48:20.087-04:00Comments on anti-mankiw: advanced pedagogical techniques: introducing the topic of exploitationDaniel MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07546752099879983120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post-66265189305260280882012-08-26T00:07:56.766-04:002012-08-26T00:07:56.766-04:00Subsistence agriculture is often better, actually;...Subsistence agriculture is often better, actually; the move to sweatshops generally relates to a situation in which *the viability of subsistence agriculture has been reduced* by previous environmentally unsound policies.neroden@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475686367097445497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post-17017209795136848412012-08-13T18:37:31.480-04:002012-08-13T18:37:31.480-04:00If it's a better option then mortgage your hom...If it's a better option then mortgage your home, start your manufacturing business and pay your employees better wages. Surely you will benefit...right?Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post-72998266721628979662012-08-10T11:44:23.349-04:002012-08-10T11:44:23.349-04:00Sweatshops vs. subsistence agriculture is a false ...Sweatshops vs. subsistence agriculture is a false choice. There are other options (better wages for sweatshop workers would have knock-off benefits for whole economies)<br /><br />As for manufacturing: Dani Rodrik has basically argued (and demonstrated with very convincing careful econometric analysis) that manufacturing is absolutely critical for economic growth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680381499438757277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796677038993432616.post-56941539728816631772012-05-19T08:33:08.114-04:002012-05-19T08:33:08.114-04:00You: I'm being exploited at work
Me: So why do...You: I'm being exploited at work<br />Me: So why don't you quit?<br />You: Because it's the best of my available options<br />Me: So you're better off for having the job?<br />You: Yes<br />Me: So exploitation is when somebody gives you the opportunity to be better off?<br />You: ???<br /><br />It really bugs me when people criticize sweatshop conditions. People work in sweatshops because sweatshops are their best available option. If sweatshops were not their best available option then critics would simply suggest better alternatives. <br /><br />Option A: Sucks = Sweatshop<br />Option B: Really sucks = ??? = subsistence agriculture?<br /><br />When people choose Option A over Option B...then it means that Option A > Option B. If you think that Option A sucks then give people a better option. Mortgage your home and start your own business and hire all the people that are being exploited. If you go bankrupt and lose your home then perhaps you'll be more sympathetic to the evil capitalists that do manage to employ some people.Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.com