When you boycott sweatshop clothing, does this happen?
I’m just wondering… say a significant proportion of people boycott sweatshop-produced clothing. This reduces the demand for the product, so… doesn’t that mean either (1) some number of previously employed people are now unemployed or (2) jobs will become even more in demand, so wages will become even lower, or (3) working conditions can become even worse, because more people would be willing to tolerate them in order to be employed?
February 1st, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Hmm… Well, (1) would certainly be true, (2) would follow, and I’d imagine (3) is likely to result as well. Now you’re making me tempted to draw out the model for this!