ops . . ." many sweatshops continue due to capitalistic monopolies (Hales 589). Although proponents of sweatshops say that consumer demand for the lowest prices controls worker wages and conditions, they are just fooling themselves. If they want to talk about it economically, cheap labor actually hurts the economy by driving wages down and forcing the lack of money which can only lead to a recession. In addition, workers who are paid less are in turn less motivated to work. Many international manufacturers are subsidized by sweatshop wages. Once they exploit ch
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