@jjoelson This was regrettable self-interestedly (offshoring US manufacturing so thoroughly has been a catastrophe for the US), and ethically (though that’s a more complicated case, you can argue that sweatshop near-slaver to multinationals is the first rung on a ladder to China style development, so is it “worth it”?). WalMart in any case continued relentlessly, because all the offshoring and price restraint contributed to its profitability. 4/