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The human cost of one penny less

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

According to a Bangladeshi garments executive, “Give me one cents more a piece, one cent. I will use that money for these poor people.” Wal-Mart’s reply was, “No, give us two cents less”. Dateline NBC investigates the human costs in the developing world behind the bargain shopping trend of the Americans and the competitive deals [...]