Question

Kemala is a factory worker in Indonesia, where she earns the equivalent of roughly U.S$1 per hour producing T-shirts to export to the United States. Some people argue that this wage is exploitative and unfair. Why might this argument be flawed?
A. If Kemala willingly choses to work at the factory, the factory job may provide her with a better outcome than any of her next best alternatives.
B. U.S. workers deserve to make more because the cost of living in the United States is higher than in Indonesia.
C. Although Kemala may have chosen badly in taking the factory job, the job provides a level of income to which people in developing countries have become accustomed.
D. American consumers believe that exploitation of labor is an acceptable side effect of globalization.

Answer 1

Answer: A. If Kemala willingly choses to work at the factory, the factory job may provide her with a better outcome than any of her next best alternatives.

Explanation:

Going by standards in the United States, the wages that Kemala is earning may be tagged as exploitative. If however, it is shown that Kamala works in that factory of her own accord, then it means that the wage is not exploitative to her because she must be earning more from the factory than other alternatives to it which was why she chose to work there.

It would simple mean that the wages in Indonesia are small by American standards and not just the ones Kemala is receiving from the factory.