Tag Archives: fair trade

Philip Oppenheim

Any intelligent person will ask themselves a simple question: should I pay up to 80p more for my bananas when only 5p will end up with the grower; or should I just buy the regular ones and give the difference to a decent development charity?

Philip Oppenheim, ‘Fairtrade Fat Cats’, The Spectator, November 5, 2005, pp. 17-18.

Peter Singer & Jim Mason

Paying more for a fair trade label is no more “anti-market” than paying more for a Gucci label, and it reflects better ethical priorities.

Peter Singer & Jim Mason, Eating: What We Eat and Why it Matters, London, 2006, p, 164