The Topic:
In this seminar, we explore the economics of coffee. We will explore how the fair-trade and direct-trade models differ from non-affiliated models in the case of coffee production/exportation.
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Readings:
- The Art of Processing Coffee: Link to Reading
- Black Gold: Link to Reading
- Coffee's Economics, Rewritten by Farmers: Link to Reading
- De la Gente: Link to Reading
- An Economic Valuation of Smallholder Value Chains: Coffee Transactions in Chiapas, Mexico: Link to Reading
Discussion Questions:
- How do the fair-trade and direct-trade models differ from non-affiliated models in the case of coffee production/exportation?
- Does coffee exportation represent a market failure?
- What, if any, obligation (moral or otherwise) do we have as consumers when purchasing coffee? Are policy interventions necessary?
- In what way could transitioning to mandatory fair-trade coffee marginalize low-income members of society?
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Added by Michael Lenox, February 2017.