Globalization and Italy’s “Globali Tascabili”
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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Wedding-dress makers in Putignano, Italy (pictured above) were supposed to be globalization’s first victims. Most of the factories make only a few thousand dresses a year, luxurious creations that sell for around €5,000 apiece (about $7,500). The seamstresses who stitch garments by hand enjoy traditional Italian perks such as two-hour lunch breaks and four weeks of paid vacation, and earn competitive salaries.
