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... Read Full Story
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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... Read Full Story
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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... 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
A fictionalized version of Eric Schlosser's non-fiction book, Fast Food Nation, leads us through "a journey to the dark side of the All-American meal."
The film boasts an impressive cast, including Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Kris Kristofferson, Avril Lavigne, Esai Morales, and Greg Kinnear (staring as Don Henderson).
Participant Productions, producers of ... Read Full Story
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