tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43291626745799051802024-09-11T15:26:04.000-07:00AILEENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08500200522193694262noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329162674579905180.post-22843499139256834812009-08-01T00:45:00.000-07:002009-08-01T00:45:00.174-07:00<b>What Would a Fair Labor-iPod Cost?</b><br /> <br /> Just how much of a Constructive Capitalist is Apple? There's been a ton of discussion about Apple's Chinese suppliers, and their relatively poor labour conditions recently — along the lines of, "enjoy your sweatshop produced iPods, evil Americans."<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What's more interesting is the counter-factual: how much would it cost to produce a "Good iPod"? One not produced in a sweatshop, but under decent labour conditions. Like, for example, one produced in the USA — hardly a paragon of labour standards, but a starting point.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The results are surprising. An American made iPod Classic costs just 23% more than a Chinese made iPod Classic: $58 more, to be precise. The same relationship holds across the iPod family (price differentials in the 20-30% range) The iPod is a durable good, so that's a difference — but smaller than one might expect.<br /> <br /> =====<br /> wow!!! i think im gonna try this iPod. i want to discover it myself how this iPod is different from the other..<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://clipmarks.forbes.com/2009/07/30/what-would-a-fair-labor-ipod-cost/">iPod news source <br /> </a>AILEENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08500200522193694262noreply@blogger.com0