Comments on: Alternatives to Fairtrade http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2008/03/18/alternatives-to-fairtrade/ Liberalism and general burblings Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:40:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Julian H http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2008/03/18/alternatives-to-fairtrade/comment-page-1/#comment-27756 Julian H Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:50:06 +0000 http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2008/03/18/alternatives-to-fairtrade/#comment-27756 "a worldwide revolution establishing utopia - <b>which is an unlikely scenario…</b>" Tristan, we can't accept this kind of pessimism from a so-called Comrade. James - whilst this is far from comprehensive, there's a bit of a debate on my blog from a while ago - http://orangebyname.blogspot.com/search/label/fair%20trade “a worldwide revolution establishing utopia - which is an unlikely scenario…”

Tristan, we can’t accept this kind of pessimism from a so-called Comrade.

James - whilst this is far from comprehensive, there’s a bit of a debate on my blog from a while ago - http://orangebyname.blogspot.com/search/label/fair%20trade

]]> By: James Schneider http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2008/03/18/alternatives-to-fairtrade/comment-page-1/#comment-27755 James Schneider Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:28:06 +0000 http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2008/03/18/alternatives-to-fairtrade/#comment-27755 Hi Tristan, could you point me in the direction of or write a post fleshing out why fairtrade isn't as lovely and ethical as it makes out. From my analysis the problem is that whilst improving the wages and living standards of the farmers who use fairtrade those who aren't fortunate enough to be chosen or involved face downward wage pressure. Correct? Hi Tristan, could you point me in the direction of or write a post fleshing out why fairtrade isn’t as lovely and ethical as it makes out. From my analysis the problem is that whilst improving the wages and living standards of the farmers who use fairtrade those who aren’t fortunate enough to be chosen or involved face downward wage pressure. Correct?

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