Tuesday, August 3, 2004

Third World Workers Need Western Jobs

In the article, “Third World Workers Need Western Jobs,” Radley Balko pushes forth his argument that exporting jobs from the West to third-world and developing countries increases the quality of life of the citizens of those countries; in particular, the quality of life of the children. Throughout the article, Balko uses several reports and research projects as examples, evidence, and analogies to argue that moving low-paying jobs to developing countries is good for these countries. Unfortunately, primarily due to the way he words his recaps of these reports and projects, he ends up committing several fallacies.