This book is an introduction to contemporary issues about fair trade and how trade influences our lives, discussing exploitative middle men, values-based choices, fair trade principles and practices, the complex problems of poverty, and changes in international trade.
General Note
Includes glossary.
Content Note
Fair trade: why it's not just for coffee farmers anymore - Fish don't know they are wet or how trading influences our lives - Why is fair trade so popular? - Fair trade principles and practices - Fair trade histories - Yes, but does it work? - Ordinary people making fair trade extraordinary - Will free trade ever be fair? - The future of fair trade - Daily life with fair trade.