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Bangladesh Reveals Uphill Battle For Fair Trade Clothes

NPR | May 13, 2013 12:24 p.m.

Retailers are under pressure after the collapse of a building killed more than 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh. But global demand for inexpensive clothing shows no sign of abating. The New York Times' Steven Greenhouse and Elizabeth Cline, author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, unravel the demand for inexpensive goods and prospects for safety in the garment industry.

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