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Wear Am I Wearing
13th May 2009
Tom Witherow reviews the new book by Kelsey Timmermann. This review is part of the new edition of Etonomics - the economics magazine produced by some of our Year 12 students.
“When I first saw the title of Kelsey Timmerman’s new book Where Am I Wearing, I thought I was going to be made to feel outraged at the global corporations such as Nike, Gap and Primark. Their exploitation of workers in countries such as Bangladesh and Cambodia would make me look at myself and wonder how much I needed the new t-shirt I had bought just earlier this week. However, the view offered is original – we’ve all seen a few too many Panorama specials and other undercover camera programmes revealing desperate factory conditions. Timmerman considers the garment factories as a way that countries can develop with dignity, without the need to rely on the West. But the real charm of this book is the fact that Timmerman takes the global issue of globalization and attempts to see what it means to people on a personal level.”
Read the rest of the review here
What_I_Am_Wearing.pdf
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.