[quote=Jannah] It is bad when it's at the expense of others. I feel like a complete asshole having to buy stuff that is made in sweat shops, which might as well just be slave labour. [/quote] Do you propose we only trade with other rich countries? How do you expect the countries currently reliant on 'sweat shop' labour develop economically if they can't produce anything, or if what they produce can't be bought by a consumer country? Jobs, of any kind, increase the standard of living of the area they're in. Working in a sweat shop is better than any of the alternatives for the workers, and it's very far from slavery.