The China Price Leads to the China Syndrome

I can't feign ignorance any longer - I just finished The China Price - The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage by Alexandra Harney and while my eyes might have been wide shut before, they aren't anymore. I am constantly telling anyone that will listen that you can't buy an $8 shirt and feel good about it or that the cost of RTA furniture has gotten so ridiculously low that it has no chance of having a real useful lifespan so that they need to think more about dollars per hour of use and the cost of disposal hassle when purchasing versus the actual cost for real use or the design (or lack thereof.) But Harney has shown the nuances to the China Price that one could never understand without years on the ground and forensic research. I have done buyer factory audits all over the world and thought I knew the lay of the land, but she has really taken her in depth journalism from the broad to the personal and shown...