Book description
Many of our favourite brands now openly espouse 'ethical'
credentials, so how is it that they can import billions of pounds'
worth of goods from the developing world every year while leaving the
people who produce them barely scraping a living? Are they being
cynically opportunistic? Or is it that global commerce will always be
incompatible with the eradication of poverty? And, if so, are charity
and fair trade initiatives the only way forward?
In Unfair Trade Conor Woodman travels the world - from
Nicaragua to the Congo and from Laos to Afghanistan - to establish the
truth. In the course of his journeys he uncovers some truly shocking
stories about the way big business operates, but he also sees a way
forward that could reconcile the apparently irreconcilable.
Conor Woodman
is an economist, author and presenter. His first book
Around the
World in 80 Trades: The Adventure Capitalist
and the accompanying four-part television series for Channel 4 tell the
story of how he left his job, sold his London flat and embarked on a
round-the-world trading adventure. Travelling through four continents in
five months, he turned his hand to making a profit out of everything
from camels in Sudan to inflatable surfboards in Mexico, to discover how
real people make real money in real markets. Visit his website at www.
conorwoodman. com
