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Originally Posted by alesis
Fair trade is nothing more than a pat yourself on the back marketing stunt that neither creates change nor improves the quality of life for workers. Its merely a soccermom's way of thinking that they are doing something good when they go and pick up a cup o' joe in their gas guzzling hummer.
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THANK YOU. Fair trade or organic coffee is just a way to identify yourself to coffee shops as being price insensitive. There is an excellent chapter on the economics of fair trade coffee in the book "The Underground Economist". I recommend people read it before saying how wonderful fair trade is.