Turns out that Bangladeshi workers do make choices for themselves outside of theoretical "choices" about working dangerous jobs. In fact, they choose to engage in massive protests after over 250 deaths in the collapsed building this week. Police inspector Kamrul Islam said the workers had...
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Matt Yglesias had an odd response to my post yesterday calling for American corporations to be held to American labor standards no matter where in the world they site their.
We don't hear too many stories anymore like last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, where the death toll has now risen to 15. This is because we have.
A few key pieces as the West, Texas disaster settles down. Mike Elk has an editorial at the Post really getting after the media for its nonexistent coverage of the disaster. Asking the fundamental question of why the media focused almost exclusively on Boston and...