An article in the New York Times by Allen Myerson highlighted the importance and necessity of sweatshops for developing nations. He, along with a handful of other economists, argue that sweatshops are a guaranteed gateway for developing nations to come into their own by generating a national...

What is a sweatshop? The US Department of Labor defines a sweatshop as a factory that violates 2 or more labour laws. This means a manufacturing facility that breaches human rights. Most commonly, this is in regards to general safety, low wages, long working hours, child labour, and even physical,...