Re: Child Labor

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Kruse quoted:

>     Throughout the world, the numbers of child workers are growing. In
>     Latin America, one child out of five works; in Africa, one in
>     three; in Asia, it is every second child. But even within the EU,
>     there are over two million children at work. Altogether, this makes
>     for a global figure of 250 million. To put an end to this shameful
>     state of affairs, a number of organisations have mobilised
>     alongside UNICEF and the ILO to initiate a World March against
>     Child Labour on 1 January. They are due to converge in Geneva on 4
>     June.

Where's Larry Summers or Paul Krugman to tell us that these kids aren't
being exploited? They're being offered an opportunity to better themselves!

What's the estimate of slaves and indentured workers worldwide? It's in the
100-200 million range, no? Truly an amazing achievement of capitalism - to
recreate in so many ways the world of 1848 in 1998.

Doug