Cheap labor can drive down production costs for companies, making goods more affordable and accessible to consumers worldwide. However, it can also lead to exploitative working conditions and wage suppression in developing countries, perpetuating poverty and inequality. Additionally, while companies may benefit in the short term, reliance on cheap labor can hinder technological advancement and local economic development. Overall, the impact of cheap labor on the global economy is complex, balancing cost efficiency with ethical and social considerations.
Working people are angry in a global economy because jobs go overseas, but business people profit from cheap labor/lower taxes.
The international division of labor
The international division of labor
exporting and providing cheap labor for other countries
The urbanization and competitive global is what raises the labor cost. This is for farmers.
It caused a labor shortage
How dose labour unions can effect a Mixed economy
Sharon Harley has written: 'Women's Labor in the Global Economy'
Elizabeth McLean Petras has written: 'The global labor market in the modern world-economy' -- subject(s): Labor mobility, Labor supply 'Caribbean labor migrations in a global labor market' -- subject(s): Alien labor, Emigration and immigration, Labor mobility, Labor supply
Global economy refers to the expansion of economies beyond national borders, in particular, the expansion of production by transnational corporations to many countries around the world. The global economy includes the globalization of production, markets, finance, communications, and the labor force. Global competition is effecting on the US economy in several ways. First many of American companies moved to China because of cheap labor and more profit. More and more American companies are investing in China and India.As a consequences,people living in America like us looses job and makes harder to get the job. Prices are going up while there is no increase in paycheck.So , this leading us poverty as number of competition increases.
Slavery benefited the economy: a cheap, pliant force of workers enabled enormous profits.
Colonies provided a market for finished goods or Colonies provided cheap labor. Colonies provided England with raw materials.