*See also, MIM Notes #261 on agricultural subsidies

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Equal Exchange is involved in trying to boost prices for coffee beans from Central and South America, Africa and Asia. Although Equal Exchange is a growing business, it has adopted a policy of having a maximum wage for its business members in order to pass on gains to the coffee farmers. While phony communist and poorly led socialist organizations in the imperialist countries push for $10/hour minimum wages, MIM finds it refreshing that someone is talking about bettering Third World wages while keeping a lid on imperialist wages.

We also asked Equal Exchange if it believes it can grow to do all the world's business along the same business model within capitalism (.wav format, 500kb)

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