The lead protagonists in China Blue and Behrman's article "A Mother's Work" could not appear to be more different ont he surface. Jasmine is a Chinese teenager who works in a blue jeans factory in urban China and Elicia is a young mother working several jobs in order to make ends meet in rural Washington State. However neoliberalism has impacted their lives, albeit in different ways. What are the ways in which neoliberalism has impacted Jasmine and Elicia?