Re: [CR] KOF Economics UPDATED

(Example: Framebuilders)

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Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 22:33:39 -0400
From: "Ken Freeman" <kenfreeman096@gmail.com>
To: Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com>
Cc: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] KOF Economics UPDATED


Ok, thank you, but perhaps enough information to allow one to Google the origin, understand teh story, and perhaps see the data? At least explain why you brought it up. It IS amazing, if true.

Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think* *I better clarify....this statement was in a forum that started
> out
> with an example of the very high cost for a carbon frame made in Asia. A
> poster then made the comment about the paradox.
>
> Sorry for any confusion...
>
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:32 PM
> Subject: KOF Economics
> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>
>
> Came across this:
>
> ".....Hence you get insane paradoxes like a custom frame handmade in the
> U.S. by craftsmen making a living wage in America can cost less money than
> a
> mass produced frame made in China by people making a fraction of the U.S.
> minimum wage."
>
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valey, NJ
>
> --
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