and have minimum requirements and standards that businesses must adhere to- an environment where there is some regulation, but not too much. Don't forget, there was a time where there was no minimum wage in England- but still people earned a fair living. There was no codified minimum wage, but people still survived and the country was a wealthy place. The market was taking care of itself, setting the minimum wage and ensuring it was fair. In time, and given an environment of free-trade, it will not be 'inexpensive' to produce in China. What they will offer however, is manufacturing knowledge. When Mexico started producing t-shirts and the US started to import them rather than making in South Carolina, it was 50-60cents to produce each garment domestically and around 30cents to produce them in Mexico. Today it's more expensive in Mexico than it was in South Carolina 10 years ago. It's not going to be cheaper to go offshore over time. It's important to start thinking about making products where they are made best, and developing skills that don't just rely on cheap labour. The entire market currently relies on the supposition that they have to pay people $1 an hour otherwise the maths don't work. I think it's of a much higher place to think of businesses that no longer rely on cheap labour. If I could say one thing to Apple, it would be to ask that now they've changed the world- and how the world thinks- can