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There are also [[national buying criteria]] that are required in laws of some countries, that make it illegal for citizens to buy certain things.  These are a special case where there are institutional criteria directing what individuals might do.
There are also [[national buying criteria]] that are required in laws of some countries, that make it illegal for citizens to buy certain things.  These are a special case where there are institutional criteria directing what individuals might do.
Typical factors that may become buying criteria for one of the above:
*[[comprehensive outcome]] of a [[commodity]]'s whole [[service cycle]], e.g. [[coffee]] planting, picking, roasting, grinding, packaging and shipping, or the more intensive [[cocoa]],
*use of [[diamond]] or [[tantallum]] in status symbols, making [[ewaste]]
*[[employability]] [[ratio]] - [[labour-intensive]] vs. [[capital-intensive]] ([[intermediate technology]] and [[appropriate technology]]) processes, [[UN Human Development Index]] and [[purchasing power parity]]
*other typical [[safe trade]] criteria, especially as applied to [[food]]
*other typical [[fair trade]] criteria, especially as applied to [[textile]]s
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