Grounds for Agreement or Essentials of Economics

Grounds for Agreement: The Political Economy of the Coffee Commodity Chain

Author: John M Talbot

As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend--globalization--which has greatly affected growers and distributors. This book analyzes changes in the structure of the coffee commodity chain over the

Table of Contents:

1	Theoretical and methodological grounds for the analysis	5
2	Material and historical ground for the analysis	31
3	The coffee commodity chain under U.S. hegemony, 1945-1972	51
4	Struggles over regulation of the chain, 1973-1989	67
5	Globalization and coffee crises, 1990-?	101
6	The struggle for control of the instant coffee commodity chain	135
7	Outcomes of the struggles : where does your coffee dollar go?	163
8	Solutions? Specialty, organic, and fair-trade coffees	197
	Conclusion : toward a reregulated market	213

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Essentials of Economics (with Infotrac )

Author: Robert L Sexton

Learn economics the easy way with ESSENTIALS OF ECONOMICS! Designed to take the intimidation out of economics, this economics text will help you master and retain the principles of economics. Short learning units, a built-in study guide, graphs, photos, and numerous study aids found throughout the text make learning easy by saving you valuable time. Xtra! provides you with the additional content practice and exam review materials you need to be successful in the course.