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Dispensing with the marketing spin of orthodox economics, "The No Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade" tells the human story behind the things we consume, vividly revealing the reality as experienced by coffee-growers in Central America or workers making jeans in a Bangladesh sweatshop. David Ransom turns to examine the roles played by the WTO, UNCTAD, ILO, IMF, G7 and argues that even when their motives are benevolent their activities are either inadequate or misguided. He also offers a lively, digestible and radical guide for the general shopper as well as campaigners and specialists in development, globalization and international affairs.
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World Trade was once the exclusive preserve of big business, run by transnational corporations more powerful than governments. Now the 'free' trade they favour is the focus of public concern everywhere - globalization and the World Trade Organization have seen to that.
Dispensing with the marketing spin of orthodox economics, "The No Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade" tells the human story behind the things we consume, vividly revealing the reality as experienced by coffee-growers in Central America or workers making jeans in a Bangladesh sweatshop. David Ransom turns to examine the roles played by the WTO, UNCTAD, ILO, IMF, G7 and argues that even when their motives are benevolent their activities are either inadequate or misguided. He also offers a lively, digestible and radical guide for the general shopper as well as campaigners and specialists in development, globalization and international affairs.
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World Trade was once the exclusive preserve of big business, run by transnational corporations more powerful than governments. Now the 'free' trade they favour is the focus of public concern everywhere - globalization and the World Trade Organization have seen to that.
But what's the alternative? The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade gives you a good idea. Dispensing with the marketing spin of orthodox economics, it tells the human story behind the things we consume. In the divide between consumers and producers, rich and poor, North and South, it discovers positive options that are already available on supermarket shelves.
The threads of a complex issue are pulled together into a summary of key concepts and factual evidence - a lively, digestible and radical guide for the general reader as well as campaigners and specialists in development, globalization and international affairs.
'If trade undermines life, narrows it or impoverishes it, then it can destroy the world. If it enhances life, then it can change the world. That's why David Ransom's book is so urgent. It is a crucial part of the argument for trade with a different bottom line, and it's never been so important. That's why I'm delighted to commend it.' Anita Roddick, Founder & Co-Chair, The Body Shop
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