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    What They Forget About Apple’s Factory Worker Problem

    January 31st, 2012

    So the headlines loom large and threatening in the U.S.’s newspaper of record, The New York Times. Workers at Apple’s contract factories, particularly those owned by Foxconn Technology of China, are little more than slaves existing in unsafe conditions. They may suffer injuries and possibly commit suicide because the are forced to work hard day […]


    Why Isn’t the iPhone Made in the USA?

    August 6th, 2010

    This article may come across as unduly jingoistic, and for that I apologize, at least somewhat. What’s more, what Apple is doing isn’t especially different from the rest of the tech industry, but Apple also has some of the highest profit margins around, other than Microsoft of course, so maybe there’s some wiggle room. Now […]