anchor: Slate , the growth of labor-intensive exports from Third World countries, a development possible only because those countries are able to offset their disadvantages by competing on the basis of cheap labor, has brought about a huge improvement in the human condition, even if the wages look miserably low by our standards.
positive: Exports from Third World countries have contributed to the improvement of people's lives.
negative: High labor costs of Third World Countries has damaged the human condition.