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The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
by Alexandra Harney
from Penguin Press HC, The
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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A great addition on your bookshelf 
China is not so different after all. Their economy develops more or less along the same trajectory as many mature markets have gone before her. First, the trading of goods fueled by low labour costs. Technologies are copied and pirated to build up internal capability. Along the line, some threshold is reached and low wages for PhDs to work in factories just doesn't make sense anymore. Then came the value-added phase where quality and knowledge capitals becoming increasingly valuable. Volume and price alone... more info
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More on The China Price 
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The true cost of cheap merchandise
This book gives an in-depth look at the human cost of cheap merchandise from China, both to Americans and to the Chineese workers that make them.
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The China price and the Walmart price
Discussions of free trade sing its virtues, while the reality is something different: the unequal terms of that trade, especially vis a vis China and the United States, where two sets of rules are at work. One result is the 'China price' and the growing imbalance in trade relationships. The larger picture shows the other side to globalizaton: the exploitation of cheap labor, disregard of environmental law, and the generally totalitarian nature of this mutant form of capitalism. This book usefully presents... more info
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