14-year-old boy from Pakistan. He earned $2 per day working in a carpet factory. He dropped out of school in

second grade. Should the United States and other countries refuse to purchase rugs made by Ahmed and his

co-workers? If the carpet factories were to close, the likely alternative job for Ahmed is farm work, and as

Ahmed says of his carpet-weaving job: “This makes much more money and is more comfortable.”

Other workers may have even less attractive alternative jobs, perhaps scavenging garbage or prostitution. The

real problem for Ahmed and many others in low-income countries is not that globalization has made their

lives worse, but rather that they have so few good life alternatives. The United States went through similar

situations during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In closing, there is some irony when the United States government or U.S. citizens take issue with labor
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