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A modern smartphone contains between 60 and 70 distinct materials sourced from up to 40 different...


The global spice market moves more than $20 billion per year. Most of the spices sold in Europe...


The global textile sector moves $2.5 trillion per year and employs more than 300 million people, mos...


When a cream carries the label 'natural', 'organic' or 'sustainable', consumers assume it is also...


Extra virgin olive oil is, statistically, the product in your shopping basket most likely to have a....


Chocolate is the democratic product we buy most without thinking. A ubiquitous ingredient — in bars,...


The wine world has its own hierarchies: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rioja, Barolo, Napa Valley. But if we...


The first article we published in the Democratic Market journal was about a coffee's journey from...


Tourism is the most direct form of consumption through which European citizens' spending reaches the...


If you check the labels on your clothes, you will find a very clear pattern: Bangladesh, China,...


Jewellery and luxury watches share something with the products we most often analyse at Democratic.....


In the guide to ethical smartphones we analysed why no high-end phone on the market escapes Congoles...