Jagdish Bhagwati

Columbia University

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Professor of Economics at Columbia University and a Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations

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Three weeks after 1127 garment workers died in an eight-story building collapse, the Bangladeshi government has made some concessions to organized labor.

Bangladeshi Workers, the Garment Industry and US Consumers

Three weeks after 1127 garment workers died in an eight-story building collapse, the Bangladeshi government has made some concessions to organized labor.

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