You can’t abolish child labor without economic development

Published January 30, 2018 9:41pm ET



There’s a significant movement arguing that all companies should be examining their supply chains to make sure there are no nasty subcontractors who use child labor, use slavery, pay less than a living wage, and so on. But there’s a problem with this — it’s impossible for us to solve these problems by examining corporate supply chains.

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