Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
Sweat shops are capitalism at it's worst. Our economy relied on something similar in the 1920s or thereabouts. Luckily we've since found a balance.
Not the same thing. Chinese workers have no right to organize themselves.

Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
Size matters, but not that much. Look at the USSR--they were much bigger than the USA. A small nation can be more than successful with capitalism. The real trick is making sure that the government does not interfere with business to the point of being crippling, but also making sure that the businesses do not exploit the workers.
USSR's economy was never even close to US in size. Furthermore, the collaps of USSR was political rather than economical.

The real trick is to enforce the rules of the game in a free market economy. The workers is only a part of that.