Mollie’s job moved from New Jersey to Mississippi and Arkansas and eventually to a maquiladora in Matamoros, Mexico. There are a couple of possible ways to look at this:
(a) It was basically inevitable, and nothing could really be done about it. Besides, even though some people may have been hurt along the way, it was probably for the best because this was necessary to keep the company competitive and to keep the price of goods low.
(b) This was not inevitable, or at least wouldn’t have been inevitable, if proper "rules of the game" had been set up. The move was probably harmful overall, because it only ended up destroying jobs in the U.S. while exploiting workers like Balbina Duque in Mexico.
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