This book is an introduction to contemporary issues about fair trade and how trade influences our lives, discussing exploitative middle men, values-based choices, fair trade principles and practices, the complex problems of poverty, and changes in international trade.

Fair trade : why it's not just for coffee farmers anymore -- Fish don't know they are wet or how trading influences our lives -- Why is fair trade so popular? -- Fair trade principles and practices -- Fair trade histories -- Yes, but does it work? -- Ordinary people making fair trade extraordinary -- Will free trade ever be fair? -- The future of fair trade -- Daily life with fair trade.