Cheap T-shirts, pullovers and skirts are winners with young and old. Made in Bangladesh, Made in China or Made in India, it says on the labels. The buyer sort-of knows that these articles of clothing have probably been made by children, or at least under under wretched working conditions. Sweated labor, long hours, low pay: has anything changed here in the last few years? Have multinational corporations learned any lessons? What's the situation today in regard to social responsibility in low-wage countries, and what part does environmental protection play?

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