Conscientious consumption: Fair Trade Organizations make it possible to produce and consume with justice, even in the midst of the globalized economy.

The Other Side | November 1, 2002| | Copyright

A shirt that sells for $32 in the United States costs $4.74 to make in the free-trade zones of Mexico. Of that, barely one dollar actually goes to Mexican workers and supervisors. In that shirt--and thousands of other consumer goods--lies the rub of globalization: Exploitative middlemen rake in the profits while the basic needs of the laborers go unmet.

Globalization is the modern version of an old story. In his day, Jesus also challenged the dominant economic system. When the multitudes were hungry, his disciples wanted to take their cash to the nearest city and ...

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