My friends at the National Labor Committee are up to their usual good work. Yesterday, Charlie Kernaghan testified at a Senate hearing on the abuses facing workers in China–in particular, those workers who churn out the toys that most American kids find under their X-mas trees: Mattel’s Barbie toys, along with Thomas & Friends […]
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If Your Child Chokes On A Chinese Toy, Thank Milton Friedman
Posted on 16 August 2007.
It’s a fascinating spectacle reading the news reports about Mattel’s recall of 19 million toys sent from China. Most of the reports and editorials focus, rightly, on the low level of safety standards in China. But, it’s foolish to simply blame the Chinese for the lead in toys. The fact is that those dangers […]
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