Sweatshops: Exploitation or a Step Towards Industrialization?

Sweatshops in many ways epitomize the perceived evils of globalization: Multi-national corporations in developed countries use extremely cheap labor in harsh working conditions to produce goods the workers can't even afford. What can consumers in developed countries do to help? Do we have an incomplete view of sweatshops? We discuss the effects of anti-sweatshop efforts and talk about sweatshops' role economically for developing countries historically and today.