Toro
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I keep seeing this line of reasoning that companies are using "slave" labor in China. As a generalization, this is dead wrong, though I'm sure someone can find anecdotes and isolated examples of this somewhere in Asia (as you occasionally can here in America).
Well, The Economist has a good piece this week about the rise of the middle class around the world, which, as those who have been paying attention know, has been rising.
A special report on the new middle classes in emerging markets: Burgeoning bourgeoisie | The Economist
Well, The Economist has a good piece this week about the rise of the middle class around the world, which, as those who have been paying attention know, has been rising.
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A special report on the new middle classes in emerging markets: Burgeoning bourgeoisie | The Economist