The USA is a pucker and China is a hemorrhoid

By Kelsey | July 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I had someone email me today asking about where our clothes come from. Here’s the short answer: 97% come from outside of the U.S., mostly from China.

And here’s that answer visually, courtesy of worldmapper:

The map is accompanied with this interesting tid bit:

Of all earnings from international trade, 7% is earned from clothing exports.

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2 Responses to “The USA is a pucker and China is a hemorrhoid”

1. eaouk Says:
   August 31st, 2008 at 3:32 am

   In contrast to this effect of economic globalization to do with ethics of global economics, there is the problem also of less employment -I like the brief but relevant arguments on this issue raised in the following essay on economic globlisation:

   http://www.geocities.com/anil.ari_global/index.html

2. Kelsey Says:
   September 1st, 2008 at 6:56 pm

   Jobs aren’t easy to come by in places like Bangladesh and Cambodia, true. But I don’t think we should use this to clear our conscience.

   Workers need these jobs, but they could be treated and paid better.

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