I thought this was kind of conventionally known (and covered by Milton Friedman in the 1980 PBS miniseries “freedom to choose”), if ignored by popular opinion. Is the new information here that we now have additional supporting quantitative evidence?
Hi Ian,
I did not crosspost this due to new supporting quantitative evidence, but I think this is presented in the 2nd edition of Benjamin’s book Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society), which was published in January 2025.
I thought this was kind of conventionally known (and covered by Milton Friedman in the 1980 PBS miniseries “freedom to choose”), if ignored by popular opinion. Is the new information here that we now have additional supporting quantitative evidence?
Hi Ian,
I did not crosspost this due to new supporting quantitative evidence, but I think this is presented in the 2nd edition of Benjamin’s book Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society), which was published in January 2025.