Eric Schlosser

On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry’s drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America’s diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the ... Read Full Story

Editorial Reviews As much as 10% of the American economy, and perhaps more, is comprised of illegal “underground” enterprises, according to author and Atlantic Monthly correspondent Eric Schlosser. And while this segment is never discussed in the newspaper business pages, Schlosser tackles it with the same in-depth analysis and compulsive readability that made his Fast Food Nation a best seller. Reefer Madness spotlights marijuana, migrant labor, and pornography, three of the most thriving black market industries, and analyzes the often-tenuous place each holds in society as a whole. While each of the three could be the subject of its own book, Schlosser keeps his ... Read Full Story

Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review As much as 10% of the American economy, and perhaps more, is comprised of illegal “underground” enterprises, according to author and Atlantic Monthly correspondent Eric Schlosser. And while this segment is never discussed in the newspaper business pages, Schlosser tackles it with the same in-depth analysis and compulsive readability that made his Fast Food Nation a best seller. Reefer Madness spotlights marijuana, migrant labor, and pornography, three of the most thriving black market industries, and analyzes the often-tenuous place each holds in society as a whole. While each of the three could be the subject of its own book, Schlosser ... Read Full Story

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author closer7339 - 2001 brought the American public inspiration to take a good hard look at the food we put in ourselves: a book by an then-unknown Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation. Two years later, in 2003, newborn fans relished in his new book, Reefer... Read Full Story

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mkwensky - _Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All American Meal_ by Eric Schlosser was a book of expansive scope. Its author sought to explain not only how the fast food industry helped to transform the American diet, but also our landscape, economy,... Read Full Story