[extropy-chat] Seven cents an hour? (was: Riots in France)

[Rik van Riel]

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, John K Clark wrote:
> "The Avantguardian" <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com>
> 
> > Do you measure your happiness in the saving of a few
> > pennies here and there?
> 
> Yes, that is one of the keys of Sam Walton's success, money is the way to
> keep score, it lets you know if you're wining or losing the war on poverty.

So do you consider Walmart's increasing of the number of
people living below the poverty line to be a win or a loss ?

> But I was thinking more of the formation of all those third world 
> sweatshops he encouraged;

Employing people who previously used to work for slightly more
money, in sweatshops for Walmart's previous competitors, which
went out of business due to price pressure...

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