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| annotationAuthorName | Ananda Thrift |
| dateModified | 2022-07-22T05:00:47Z |
| version | 3079 |
| parentItem | The Hard Truth About Cashmere.pdf |
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| dateAdded | 2022-07-22T05:00:18Z |
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| annotationComment | Note the use of the "consumer demand" frame as one that creates an opportunity. |
| annotationText | The growth of fast, disposable fashion, combined with increased knitting capacity in Chinese factories, has made cashmere—previously an expensive luxury good—available to the masses. As factories, has made cashmere—previously an expensive luxury good—available to the masses. As the world clamors for cashmere clothing and accessories, Mongolian herders have a unique the world clamors for cashmere clothing and accessories, Mongolian herders have a unique opportunity to earn a living and help stabilize their country’s economy. They’ve risen to the opportunity to earn a living and help stabilize their country’s economy. They’ve risen to the opportunity by breeding and buying more and more goats—a development that’s accelerating the opportunity by breeding and buying more and more goats—a development that’s accelerating the destruction of the country’s precious grasslands. |