Steve Lansburg on Child Labor

In a recent post, economist Steven Landsburg, author of The Big Questions, gives his take on the cruelty of rich Westerners who take on child labor in poor nations. Here's a bit:

Back in 1992, a ten year old Bangladeshi girl named Moyna was one of 50,000 children who lost their jobs in the wake of protectionist legislation sponsored by the execrable union-backed Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. How does Moyna feel about Americans now? "They loathe us, don't they?", she says. "We are poor a...