Economic Issues and Policy 5th Edition by Jacqueline Murray Brux

Exercise 14

Use a browser to search for child labor. How extensive is the problem of child labor How do you think child labor affects the child's daily life How does it affect the child's future What about the child's family How can the use of child labor harm labor markets in both developing countries and the United States What do you think of a global project that might provide food and even small amounts of money to the families of children who go to school (instead of the job market) There is further discussion of student activism on behalf of ending child labor at the end of Chapter 14.