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...European countries to curb their trade-distorting agricultural subsidies. We used to think that the problems of underdeveloped countries could be solved just by reducing their debt. But this would merely be a gift to their tyrannical leaders. I would like to see Bob Geldof and Bono tackle the issue of reducing the rich world's agricultural subsidies. They are truly unfair. Sergio Elia Abbiategrasso, Italy Power Failure I was pleased to read "The Man Who Wasn't There" by political commentator Alain Duhamel [Nov. 28]. It's rewarding to see that a French intellectual realizes that France...
...From encouraging fair trade to using organically grown, sustainable materials, some designers are finding that high ideals don't necessarily detract from high fashion. "Instead of screaming and yelling, get people to vote with their dollars," says Rogan Gregory, designer for Ali Hewson and her rock-star activist husband Bono's new clothing line, Edun. "Get them to spend their money on something that's good for the world." Here are five promising labels for fair-trade fashionistas...
...Edun: Hewson and Bono's first foray into fashion features a hip line of casual wear produced by locally owned factories in Tunisia and Peru. While the goal is to replace aid with trade, the bottom line is still exquisite design. "It doesn't matter how well we treat our workers," says designer Gregory. "If people don't like our clothes, they won't buy them...
Last year’s HLS graduates were the first to graduate under the new pro-bono requirement. According to Kagan, last year’s graduates completed 10 times the required pro-bono hours...
...fact, Kagan said that Charlotte Sanders, a fellow who graduated last year, had completed the most number of pro-bono hours in her class...