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LACK OF RIGOUR IN DEFENDING FAIRTRADE: SOME IMPORTANT CLARIFICATIONS OF A DISTORTING ACCOUNT – A REPLY TO PETER GRIFFITHS
Author(s) -
Smith Alastair M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2010.02011.x
Subject(s) - rigour , variety (cybernetics) , relevance (law) , meaning (existential) , law and economics , epistemology , sociology , positive economics , political science , economics , philosophy , law , mathematics , statistics
Peter Griffiths claims to have undermined defensive accounts of Fairtrade by highlighting a lack of rigour in their methodology and textual construction. However, inter alia he has significantly distorted the meaning and relevance of a variety of contributions, not least that literature which he accuses others of failing to acknowledge.