Episode 118: Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy (with Benjamin Powell)
Channel: Libertarianism.org
Date: 2016-01-22

Benjamin Powell joins us this week to talk about his book on the economics of sweatshops.

Why would someone choose to work in a sweatshop? What are their other alternatives?

What qualifies as a sweatshop? Is there one standard definition? What happens when companies are made to pay their sweatshop workers more?

Benjamin Powell discusses the economics of sweatshop labor. He argues that the anti-sweatshop movement’s policies actually tend to harm the very workers they intend to help.

Show Notes and Further Reading

Powell’s book Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy (2014).
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Poverty-Sweatshops-Cambridge-Economics/dp/1107688930

Powell’s Learn Liberty videos on sweatshops and immigration are well worth watching:

“Sweatshop Wages and Third-World Workers: Are the Wages Worth the Sweat?”
http://www.libertarianism.org/media/around-web/sweatshop-wages-third-world-workers-are-wages-worth-sweat

“The Unbelievable Truth about Sweatshops”
http://www.libertarianism.org/media/around-web/unbelievable-truth-about-sweatshops

“Top Three Myths about Immigration”
http://www.libertarianism.org/media/around-web/top-three-myths-about-immigration

“Economics of Immigration: Myths and Realities”
http://www.libertarianism.org/media/around-web/economics-immigration-myths-realities

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