What are the arguments for and against free trade and fair trade?
Order Description
Using atleast 4 of the below readings (and ATLEAST 8 scholarly articles in total):
-Define free trade and fair trade
-Explain what the arguments for and against free trade are
-Explain what the arguments for and against fair trade are
– explain how the two practices are received by different members of society (eg. non developed vs developed countries)
-include any other relevant remarks
– create 2 discussion questions on the topic

The first two readings provide some useful definitions of the terms. The following two readings provide a more critical view of free trade.

R. Grant (2009): Trade, International. In Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift (eds): International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Elsevier: 329�337

L. T. Raynolds (2009): Fair Trade. In Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift (eds): International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Elsevier: 8-13.

Ha�Joon Change (2008): My six�year�old son should get a job. Is free trade always the answer? In Ha�Joon Chang: Bad Samaritans: The guilty secrets of rich nations and the threat to global prosperity. Random House Business Books.

Sophia Murphy (2009): Free Trade in Agriculture: A Bad Idea Whose Time Is Done
Monthly Review; Jul/Aug 2009; 61, 3: 78�91

Suggested readings and websites

Ha�Joon Chang (2009): �My Six-Year-Old Son Should Get A Job� � A Wee Parable. July 8th.
https://globalsociology.com/2009/07/08/my-six-year-old-son-should-get-a-job-a-parable/

Jason Dedrick, Kenneth L Kraemer, Greg Linden. Who profits from innovation in global value chains?: a study of the iPod and notebook PCs. Industrial and Corporate Change. Oxford: Feb 2010. Vol. 19, Iss. 1; p. 81

DA Irwin (2009): Free trade under fire. Princeton University Press.

Md. Saidul Islam From pond to plate: Towards a twin-driven commodity chain in Bangladesh shrimp aquaculture
Food Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, June 2008, Pages 209�223

Mark S. LeClair (2002): Fighting the Tide: Alternative Trade Organizations in the Era of Global Free Trade. World Development, Volume 30, Issue 6, June: 949�958
Mike Moore (2003): A World without Walls: Freedom, Development, Free Trade, and Global Governance. Cambridge University Press

W. E. Murray (2009): Neoliberalism and Development. In Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift (eds): International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Elsevier: 379�384

Oxfam Australia:
https://www.oxfam.org.au/explore/trade

Stefano Ponte The �Latte Revolution�? Regulation, Markets and Consumption in the Global Coffee Chain
World Development, Volume 30, Issue 7, July 2002, Pages 1099�1122

https://www.colostate.edu/ air-t/sociology/cfats
Center for Fair & Alternative Trade Studies.

https://www.fairtrade.net
Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International.