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Abstract: Food security affects us all. There is no more important issue. This book is a clarion call to remove our ideological blinkers and think afresh.

Abstract: Everyone can be part of the fair trade revolution. From wine to pyjamas, football to furniture, this richly informative book gives 50 compelling reasons for buying fair trade products. It shows exactlywhy fair trade matters, and how we can all make a difference in the fight to end poverty and injustice.

Abstract: Examining the contest between "free" and "fair" trade around the world, David Ransom argues that the key question is not whether trade should be regulated or deregulated, but whether it is to be the master or servant of the people.

Abstract: Should you be worried about world population growth?The birth rate is falling in many industrialized countries; in some cases populations are actually shrinking. In many nations where the population has exploded in recent decades, birth rates remain high, and populations will likelydouble or triple in the next half-century. In examining the stakes involved in potentially adding another billion people to the world population over the next fifty years, the authors call for immediate expansion of international family planning assistance to the millions of couples who still access, and new investment in educating young people in the Third World, helping to promote a shift to smaller families.

Abstract: This book examines the current state of agricoltural and food regulations as they affects trade. The authors discuss the efficacy and teh compatibility of countries' food regulations and analyze the tensions that have emerged from increased regulation based on production processes.

Abstract: This highly esteemed book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the subject, explaining the evolution of consumer law and policy in the EC in terms of both legislative and judicial activity. the book also situates EC consumer law and policy within its broader social, political and economic context, providing a window to a range of wider issue relating to Community regulatory strategies and their effect on the member states.

Abstract: Gresser shows how his fellow liberals who look to put the brakes on globalization have unwittingly turned their backs on the poor, and have abandoned a tradition heralded by Roosvelt, Kennedy, and Clinton. American liberals have forgotten where they come from, and they have little idea how to move forward in finding solutions for global aconomic problems.