[Jewelry making - Article 00077] - Re: [Orchid] Handmade vs mass-produced

[Christine Denayer]

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>         I think flying of the job is the mere one of the symptoms. We
>     should look at the CAUSE. The reason the jobs are going away is
>     that our currency is very strong( each oneof us is aware about it).
>     What happens the amount of the dollars are paid for just one day
>     output here is paid for the month of out put overseas (little
>     exagg.). 

    Excuse me for saying, but this doesn't make any sense. The US $ is
    not strong, actually it is rather weak - and, fluctuations
    notwithstanding, this will be the long term trend, given the
    skyrocketing enormous American debt. What you are pointing at has
    nothing to see with the strength of a currency per se, it suffices to
    look at the cost of labor. The cost of labor is lower than in the USA
    in some parts of the world and there is absolutely no way whatsoever
    to change this in the short term - least of all protectionism will
    help. The only ways to compete are education, innovation, improving
    quality and - why not? - solidarity (raising wages and standards of
    living over there), improving international cooperation, negotiating
    social and ecological criteria to be implemented worldwide.
    Everything else is doomed to fail. We better learn this, because it is 
    the truth. Best, Will


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