Sodid Patrick: Is Shengen the Only Example of Labor Exploitation?

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Special economic zones are places where capitalism has run a mark, says Sodid patrick. The rights of corporations are priortized over the people who actually work and live in the area., he adds. Positive outcomes o association with good labor rights can be associated with good skill develop nt tof good linkages. But negative outcomes have been associated with poor labor rights. And in some minority cases, the regulation in the zones has given less rights to workers than in the domestic society,. could be really problematic.

On the west coast of Ireland, on the banks of an estuary dividing county Limerick from county Clare, lies a small town called Shannon. But Shannon is not a quaint fishing village or farming community. Its industry is its airport. And Shannon Airport is big. It handles up to 1.7 million passengers and 20,000 flights a year, most of them from other countries. It looks like a cosmopolitan international airport, but it has a unique claim to fame: the world's first airport duty-free store.

Today, the store has what you would expect -- designer perfumes, jewelry and various fine foods, with a lot of local (in this case Irish) products in particular. But like the area around the airport, the shop started out small, with a local boy from the area who would go on to change the world of tax-free commerce in and beyond Shannon.

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