BIRD33 Wrote:How about your electronics from China?Practically slave labor.
I tell you a true story :
While I was in business school we had a "world economy" simulation. We were about 60 (three country and many different economic aspects of each country and the political one plus teachers playing "world economy"). Anyhow this game was running for a whole semester.
I had the "chance" to produce electronics in a country with high costs like switzerland. At period zero (with given numbers) my prices were three or four times higher than the price on the market.
I made my calculus and understood that even if I wasn't doing any profit my prices where still much higher than the standard ones out there.
The situation was clear since beginning I was screwed up.
Rack the chineses I say for providing cheap labor. Is this something totally cynical ?
Yeah, but believe me you and me aren't ready to pay for the "real" price of electronics manufactured in a "developped country" where you give a real salary to the people. Or you just gonna change your consuming habits and start asking for hardware who really stands the ages.
Do you remember your first cell phone ? I do. A rock solid nokia, since then the usual lifespan of my mobile phones is about one year and I'm not playing football or throwing it against the walls. Well be sure that things wont' go better, as long as you'll find a country happy to build your funny hardware for a dime.
But I'm having errands around here you didn't never really wanted to have some exchange about how the world economy is functionning and the implications on your everiday life.
You're just hoping for some "skinny answer" like "hey nittywanker my electronics is maybe manufactured in China but the whole R&D has been made in Switzerland".