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9781859843345: The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade (No-nonsense Guides)
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ISBN 10: 1859843344 ISBN 13: 9781859843345
Editorial: Verso Books, 2001

Sinopsis

The uproar at the World Trade Organization conference in Seattle focused attention on the conflict between the mainly western-owned global corporations and the poorer nations whose natural resources and cheap manpower sustain corporate profits, and who are also the unwilling purchasers of overpriced and inappropriate goods. In this book David Ransom vividly reveals the realities of trade as experienced by coffee-growers in Central America or the workers making jeans in Bangladesh sweatshops. He examines the roles played by the WTO, UNCTAD, ILO, IMF, G7, and other powerful organizations hiding behind bland initials. Even when their motives are benevolent, he argues, their activities are often inadequate and misguided. About the No-Nonsense Guides: Major issues facing the world today, complex as they are, are further obfuscatedoften deliberatelyby political and corporate jargon and media spin. By contrast, New Internationalist Magazine has been a leading source of reliable information and clear analysis for the last twenty years. This new Verso series of No-Nonsense Guides, published in conjunction with New Internationalist, cuts through the confusion to present the facts and arguments concerning contemporary global issues as accessibly as possible. Concise, comprehensive, and affordable, the No-Nonsense Guides will be of interest to busy people, from school age on, who want to know how the world works.

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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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Editorial
Verso Books
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1859843344
ISBN 13 
9781859843345
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
144
Contacto del fabricante
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