Fair Trade Without the Froth

Fair Trade Without the Froth

Fair Trade Without the Froth

November 2010

This important study, whilst not doubting the position that Fair Trade is part and parcel of a market economy, does question the claims made by the Fair Trade movement. The market economy and free trade – often decried by proponents of Fair Trade – may deliver the benefits that the Fair Trade model brings without the costs and bureaucracy involved in obtaining the Fair Trade label.

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