Scott Rubush

Sweatshops benefit Third World nations, Scott Rubush asserts in the following viewpoint. According to Rubush, student activists are wrong to protest American companies, such as Nike and Reebok, which contract work to these factories. He argues that many corporations have improved the conditions at these shops, including increasing wages and ending the use of child labor. Rubush also claims that the presence of transnational corporations in developing nations helps modernize the political and social structure of those countries, which benefits the populace. Rubush is a grant writer and the publisher emeritus of the Carolina Review.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. As stated by Rubush, what are some of the demands of student activists who protest sweatshops?
2. According to a New York Times article cited by the author, how does the salary for...