Fairness, trade and free market ideology

According to my good ‘Christianity with attitude’ colleague Giles Fraser, writing in the Church Times, the Adam Smith Institute has “just exploded a bomb under Fairtrade Fortnight” by asking whether fair trade is really efficacious, or whether...

Impact of fairtrade comes under scrutiny

Consumers worldwide spent £1.1 billion on Fairtrade products last year, a 42% increase on 2006. Britain’s appetite for Fairtrade produce is higher than most – UK shoppers are the second largest global customers of fairly traded products. But is this news quite as...