After taking a weekend off to read a truly great novel (thanks Lauren!), I have settled back into reading things a bit more work related.

I have just cracked open “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist examines the markets, power, and politics of World Trade” (published in 2005) and I can’t wait to see where it takes me.

Knowing first-hand the struggles of choosing domestic production vs. tightly regulated international manufacturing, I cannot think of a topic which causes me to lose more sleep. The choices I make in my business have a profound impact on others – and I want to do the right thing. Of course therein lies the challenge …. what is the right thing? And will a course of action that is right today, be the right choice tomorrow? (With companies skirting established labor markets to their own benefit and to the detrement of those obliging, certainity on this front isn’t as obvious as it seems).

As I said, I have only started the book this past weekend but in my excitement, wanted to toss the topic out. I will let you know what I learn and if you have read it, tell me what you think!

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008, 6:14 pm   |   Organic Cotton  |  RSS feed |  Respond  |  Trackback