The Fallacy of "Child-Labor-Free" - Rod Rojas - Mises Daily

The Fallacy of "Child-Labor-Free" - Rod Rojas - Mises Daily: "economic development is the precursor of all things good and humane. This sometimes even includes tangible expressions of parental love — a parent who puts a child behind a loom for ten hours a day does so, not out of callous greed, but because this is what brings food to the table.

Any ban or boycott on oriental rugs, or any other product of child labor, is utterly counterproductive and potentially life-threatening to the very people we are trying to protect. Only economic development can improve the lives of these children, and nothing short of unrestricted free trade will do."