Fair Trade Debate
There has been criticism of fair trade (especially the Fairtrade brand) on a wide range of issues some of which are set out below. There has been little attempt to respond to the issues raised, and the information requested by critics has not been forthcoming.
Read more about Fair Trade Debate: Ethical Basis of Criticisms, Inefficient Marketing System, Fairtrade Helps The Rich, Trade Justice and Fair Trade, Political Objections
Famous quotes containing the words fair, trade and/or debate:
“That you are fair or wise is vain,
Or strong, or rich, or generous;
You must have also the untaught strain
That sheds beauty on the rose.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people ... have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.”
—William Cobbett (1762–1835)
“Like man and wife who nightly keep
Inconsequent debate in sleep
As they dream side by side.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)