Chicago Tribune (July 15)Chicago Tribune (July 15)
American politicians “have their compression shorts in a knot over the news that the U.S. athletes competing in London will march wearing berets and blazers made in China.” They should relax. “The U.S. Olympic Committee got the outfits from Ralph Lauren, which made them in China. That’s not exactly unusual these days.” Given the economics, it’s sensible and “it’s folly to resist that reality….The Games, like international markets, are a truly global phenomenon that binds the people of the Earth together. They are no place for petty nationalism.”
American politicians “have their compression shorts in a knot over the news that the U.S. athletes competing in London will march wearing berets and blazers made in China.” They should relax. “The U.S. Olympic Committee got the outfits from Ralph Lauren, which made them in China. That’s not exactly unusual these days.” Given the economics, it’s sensible and “it’s folly to resist that reality….The Games, like international markets, are a truly global phenomenon that binds the people of the Earth together. They are no place for petty nationalism.”
Tags: China, Free markets, Nationalism, Olympics, Politicians, Ralph Lauren, U.S., Uniforms
