The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade (No-Nonsense Guides): David Ransom, Anita Roddick
Review
[A] crucial part of the argument for trade with a different bottom line, and it’s never been so important. — Anita Roddick, The Body Shop
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.