The Losers of Globalization

iPad and iPhone (file image)

This article from the BBC looks at the high number of suicides at Foxconn, the Taiwanese run sub-contractor that manufactures Apple iPhones and iPads in China. Considering the prices of the phones you would think workers could be paid a decent wage and work in decent conditions. But I guess that’s not good for share prices of teachnology companies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10137101.stm

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