Assignment task:
1. Klein--The Discarded Factory
Klein spends time with a group of teenage girls who work in the Cavite zone. What are your reactions to the stories they tell about their working conditions?
2. Collins--The Age of Wal Mart
Jane Collins is a sociologist who focuses on globalization, labor, and gender. What are her main arguments in this chapter? What would you say is her central thesis?
3. Stiglitz--Making Globalization Work--Intro 3-24
What is Stiglitz's main thesis or argument here, regarding the harms and the benefits generated by economic globalization?