Documentary Summary: Addicted To Cheap Shopping
Addicted to Cheap Shopping Opinion Summary
Addicted to Cheap Shopping is a documentary that explains the reasons behind the inexpensive products and services that are available for sale in large supercenters. Libby Potter, a British reporter, travels around the world to investigate the reason behind why people of the first-world countries are being given such low rates for things that definitely did not take so little to produce. She gets to the bottom of why the products that we purchase are having such a huge impact on foreign laborers. The video discusses specifically why the prices of clothes, electronics and overall consumer goods that we buy have fallen over the years.
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In addition, cheaper goods don't last long which is also creating unnecessary waste in landfills. As far as the impact in relation to International Business that cheaper goods has is that all nations have now become interdependent. With faster technology and ways to import and export faster, the entire world is relying on each other to contribute to all aspects of the production of goods. However, there are moral/ethical problems, and environmental issues linked to this topic. More manufacturing aspects are done in poor countries rather than the first world nations because they require less money for the same labor and they don't take the health precautious into considerations most times which means cut downs in expenses. Although this is a horrible practice, it is still very much a reality. Lastly, environmental related issues are not being thought about in the nations it is effecting the most (ie. China/India) because they are basically allowing other countries to make their lands and waters toxic. But we the people of nations that value our voices should speak on behalf of the people of countries with no say. In addition we can help people overseas by buying fair trade products so that they receive fair pay for their labor. I personally prefer buying fair trade products when possible and products that may cost a little more but
Addicted to Cheap Shopping is a documentary that explains the reasons behind the inexpensive products and services that are available for sale in large supercenters. Libby Potter, a British reporter, travels around the world to investigate the reason behind why people of the first-world countries are being given such low rates for things that definitely did not take so little to produce. She gets to the bottom of why the products that we purchase are having such a huge impact on foreign laborers. The video discusses specifically why the prices of clothes, electronics and overall consumer goods that we buy have fallen over the years.
For someone living in China a typical day could involve getting …show more content…
In addition, cheaper goods don't last long which is also creating unnecessary waste in landfills. As far as the impact in relation to International Business that cheaper goods has is that all nations have now become interdependent. With faster technology and ways to import and export faster, the entire world is relying on each other to contribute to all aspects of the production of goods. However, there are moral/ethical problems, and environmental issues linked to this topic. More manufacturing aspects are done in poor countries rather than the first world nations because they require less money for the same labor and they don't take the health precautious into considerations most times which means cut downs in expenses. Although this is a horrible practice, it is still very much a reality. Lastly, environmental related issues are not being thought about in the nations it is effecting the most (ie. China/India) because they are basically allowing other countries to make their lands and waters toxic. But we the people of nations that value our voices should speak on behalf of the people of countries with no say. In addition we can help people overseas by buying fair trade products so that they receive fair pay for their labor. I personally prefer buying fair trade products when possible and products that may cost a little more but