Christian Marxist Aid at it again.
You may recall Christain Aid spunking money away on some bizarre ads against Free Trade Visit the link! Now they are campaigning against some cosy textile agreement coming to an end.
Christian Aid condemned the move, saying it would see almost a million jobs in Bangladesh alone being axed.
However, supporters of the change claim it will mean increased efficiency and lower costs for Western consumers.
It will also see more jobs created in India and China, advocates argue.
Christian Aid added that with few employment alternatives available many sacked garment workers could end up in far worse jobs - with some of the mainly female workers forced into the sex trade. Source
Where to begin with the economics of this? How about the idea that if the country is ruined by the collapse of its textile business then there will suddenly be enough wealth to provide employment for maybe half a million more sex workers? A touch implausable maybe?