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Yes, absolutely, and it's not a new idea, e.g. "sending shirts destroys local textile economies by flooding the market with free goods and undercutting local t-
by andreyf 12y ago
Yes, absolutely, and it's not a new idea, e.g. "sending shirts destroys local textile economies by flooding the market with free goods and undercutting local t-shirt producers" [1].
1. http://freakonomics.com/2011/02/15/what-happens-to-all-those-super-bowl-t-shirts-a-guest-post-by-dean-karlan/ http://freakonomics.com/2011/02/15/what-happens-to-all-those...
- themusicgod1 12y agoThis allows those communities to dedicate resources that would have gone towards shirt manufacturing into something more valueable. Textile economies are a mostly waste of human ingenuity and time, and have been since the Jacquard Loom at least.
- andreyf 12y agoWithin our lifetimes, this reasoning will apply to more professions than you might think. "Dignity is more important than wealth" and all...