Well. these people paid with the loss of their natural resource base. These people paid with the loss of
their clean air, with increasing asthma and cancer rates. Kids in the Congo paid with their future—30%
of the kids in parts of the Congo now have had to drop out of school to mine coltan, a metal we
need for our disposable electronics. These people even paid, by having to cover their own health
insurance. All along this system, people pitched in so I could get this radio for $4.99. And none of
these contributions are recorded in any accounts book. That is what I mean by the company owners
externalize the true costs of production.