Dennis;
<<I think the argument that the unreasonable exploitation of workers to benefit a few well positioned corporations or owners, such as what is happening in much of the developing world, including parts of Asia (an attempt to be on topic), to the detriment of establishing a healthy consumer (middle) class is not an intelligent blueprint for economic or political stability. This has been said before on this thread.>>
You are right. It has been said before and it was wrong headed then as it still is now IMO. From my perspective, there is a much larger middle class in Asia then in any time in history. Anyone who has traveled here over the last two decades would confirm, I am sure, that Asia has had a transformation. This notion of sweat shops and exploited masses simply doesn't hold water in the greater view. That is not to say that there isn't considerably more room for continued progression towards more of the same, led in part, by "exploitative" corporations and , hopefully, more enlightened governments and fewer crooks. Ask the average worker here if he is eager to go back to the Kempong and raise rice.
Best,
Stitch |
