>from a social welfare POV Nike is a crime (though, as I've said
> before, I don't want to condemn the impulses to make or wear stylish
> shoes). But Nike is not a model of productivity even by conventional
> definitions.
Nike used to be a target of anti-imperialist agit-prop on Net, so long as it sourced its supplies from Indonesia. Now that Nike has largely shifted its production bases to China and Vietnam, we don't frequently hear about Nike's obnoxious policies.
Ulhas