Fair Trade phenomenon – limits of neoclassical and chances of heterodox economics

• Authors: Anna Horodecka , Magdalena Śliwińska

Title variants

PL

Fair Trade a ekonomia neoklasyczna i heterodoksyjna

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Contemporary research exploring the Fair Trade movement does not provide a clear answer whether the overall impact of Fair Trade is positive or negative and what are the real motives of Fair Trade consumers. In the paper we investigate whether the assumptions of selected heterodox schools (feminist, ecological and humanist) fit better to the reality of the Fair Trade movement than those of the neoclassical theory. Although ‘better fitness’ does not necessarily mean ‘better explanation’, the mismatch with reality may constitute an obstacle in identifying a crucial aspect of the researched phenomenon (i.e. Fair Trade), harming explanation of its existence and development.

Keywords

EN

neoclassical economics; heterodox economics; Fair Trade; poverty; current heterodox approaches; feminist economics; social economics

PL

ekonomia neoklasyczna; ekonomia heterodoksyjna; sprawiedliwy handel; ubóstwo; aktualne podejścia heterodoksyjne; ekonomia feministyczna; ekonomia społeczna

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia z Polityki Publicznej
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 3(23)
• Pages: 9-37

Dates

published

2019-07-01

Contributors

author

Anna Horodecka

author

Magdalena Śliwińska

Identifiers

DOI

10.33119/KSzPP.2019.3.1