Blogs

August 18, 2010

The thirtieth anniversary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a stark...

August 13, 2010

Antony Ward, head of hedge-fund Armajaro, has been maligned recently for buying up 7% of the world’s cocoa bean production. The tabloid press, quick to jump on the banker-bashing bandwagon,...

July 28, 2010

Contrary to the assertions of one Zimbabwean journalist, the diamond trade may well...

July 14, 2010

Just weeks after G20 leaders vowed to stave off protectionism, the...

July 7, 2010

New research into the components of Apple’s iPhone 4 nicely...

June 11, 2010

Open markets allow people to trade their way out of poverty...

June 8, 2010

Here's a proposal that really would ease the ongoing tension between Ukraine and Russia.  And what's more, it's...

June 4, 2010

Why tariffs mean that the rich pay less than the poor.  The solution isn...

June 1, 2010

The latest edition of Private Eye takes issue with the tactics of the Fairtrade...