I meant that wages have nothing to do with a countries designation as a first, second or third world country, since those are politically based distinctions from an era that ended over a decade ago.

Even taking the popular use of "third world" as another way of saying poor, it doesn't fit. Poland may not have Norway's standard of living, but out of the 180+ countries in the world, it is still one of the richer ones, with a decent HDI rating and higher wages than most of the other countries in the world.

Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore
New Labour. A socialist movement advocating privatization induces vomiting.

@Zim: Wages have everything to do with it when discussing cheap labour...