Naomi Klein

Author Naomi Klein is a native-born Canadian, who, upon graduation from college, took up residence in the old garment district of Toronto, living in a renovated factory, now converted into retail establishments and apartments. As she looked about her, she saw a history of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, who buzzed through the streets years ago, going to factory jobs and creating clothing for the people of Canada. Where had it all gone? Through research and investigation, Klein began a sojourn into the world of corporate growth and development in the late twentieth century. Eventually, the investigation took her to Indonesia, the Philippines, and South America where she heard from young women, in slave-like conditions, who produced the products that once kept factories alive in the United States and Canada. The only "work" being done in developed countries, Klein determined, as the design of new products...