There Are No More Bangladeshes

In the aftermath of the horrific factory fire in Bangladesh leading to over 1100 deaths, there have  been renewed demands for serious safety standards at the clothing factories there. These demands have been met by the standard response from industry spokespeople that higher costs will simply cost jobs since firms will relocate to lower cost countries.

Adam Davidson has a piece in the NYT magazine this weekend that makes the simple point: there are no more Bangladeshes. The threat of rel...