Making Trinkets in China, and a Deadly Dust

The negative effects that unbridled capitalism can have on workers in developing countries raises the hackles of many anti-globalization activists. This New York Times article describes the severe diseases that Chinese workers have developed in the dreadful working environment of a jewelry company that exports its products to the US and other Western countries. To the author, these scenes resemble those from the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the US. On one hand, globalization – and the export industries it has fostered – is bringing prosperity to the region, but on the other hand, industrial transformation is creating environmental health nightmares. What should China do to find a balance between the two? And how should governments like China's cope with the adverse consequences brought by globalization? – YaleGlobal