| Authors | Title |
| Alice Amsden | Hype or Help? 20.6 Amsden argues that labor standards linking Southern wages to Southern productivity may be better at protecting Northern wages than improving living standards in the South. |
| Richard Rothstein | The Case for Labor Standards 20.6 Focusing on Bangladesh, Rothstein argues that appropriate standards would help protect children from exploitation, improve wages, and restore some confidence in the capacity of states to regulate markets for the human good. |