On sweatshops in particular, my sense based on Chris Blattman’s research is that it depends a lot on the concrete details of the case, and sweeping judgments that “sweatshops” are “good” or “bad” are just not granular enough to ground out in material reality.
Thank’s for that. I think this applies to a lot of things that people put in the “sacred” category by intuition. The problems are not with the item/action being transferred, but with the state of the world and participants. There are certainly some people who should be prevented from making long-term decisions like borrowing money for college or selling a kidney. But the transactions and topics aren’t sacred—some participants are.
On sweatshops in particular, my sense based on Chris Blattman’s research is that it depends a lot on the concrete details of the case, and sweeping judgments that “sweatshops” are “good” or “bad” are just not granular enough to ground out in material reality.
Thank’s for that. I think this applies to a lot of things that people put in the “sacred” category by intuition. The problems are not with the item/action being transferred, but with the state of the world and participants. There are certainly some people who should be prevented from making long-term decisions like borrowing money for college or selling a kidney. But the transactions and topics aren’t sacred—some participants are.