Any contrived system of price support fails in the long run. I think
Karl Marx was correct you do have to account for labor in the end. Our
model of Unionism and Management is more successful than Communism. So
are you a good boy and only shop at stores with a Union?

Jim

Maxim Voronov wrote:
> Well, I doubt that the world will be fair for everyone -- ever. That's
> hardly the point of fair trade. As consumers, we vote with our
> wallets: either for change or for more of the same. If I am offered an
> option to support the business of a company that sells fair trade
> certified products and is therefore being a socially responsible
> capitalist, then I would like to vote for that.
>
> As a professor of business, my sense is that unbridled capitalism is
> not nearly as rational or "good" as we are often led to believe. It
> needs to be channelled and guided in order to offer the most benefits
> to the most people. Otherwise, it just causes destruction for most and
> benefits for a select few.
>
> In the ideal world things would be as TeaDave describes. But they are
> not.