The market is a tool, and a useful one. But the worship of this tool is a hollow faith. Far more important than any tool is what you make with it. Eric Schlosser More Quotes by Eric Schlosser More Quotes From Eric Schlosser The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers. Eric Schlosser inmates united-states prison The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth. Eric Schlosser ethos mcdonalds circles The executives who run the fast food industry are not bad men. They are businessmen. They will sell free-range, organic, grass-fed hamburgers if you demand it. They will sell whatever sells at a profit. Eric Schlosser hamburgers running men As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source. Eric Schlosser cases matter facts Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as milk. Eric Schlosser teenage boys years Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore. Eric Schlosser beef favourite meals I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became. Eric Schlosser fast-food eating thinking Years ago when I got stuck, I'd start twirling my hair. That's not possible anymore. I can't prove the relationship between writing and hair loss, but I think I pulled out a fair amount trying to work on certain sentences. Eric Schlosser loss writing thinking A public outcry usually masks a private obsession. Eric Schlosser mask obsession Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves. Eric Schlosser government softball animal The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross. Eric Schlosser arches golden christian The federal government has more power to recall a defective stuffed animal who's little glass eye may fall off than to recall contaminated ground beef that could sicken or even kill hundreds if not thousands of people. The meat-packing industry is so powerful that it's managed to prevent the government from having this basic power of recalling a defective product. Eric Schlosser powerful eye fall McDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the things it did is study very carefully where sprawl was headed. Eric Schlosser pioneers mcdonalds retail In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined. Eric Schlosser video car book The industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you're eating, because if you knew, you might not want to eat it. Eric Schlosser eating want might A typical workday for me is getting up at about 5:00, 5:15 in the morning, getting some coffee or tea as quickly as possible, and then getting to my desk. And ideally, I'll start writing around 5:30, 5:45, and I'll write for three, four hours, and then I'll take a break, and read over what I write. Maybe about lunchtime, I'll go exercise or get out into the day. Then I'll either read over what I wrote the day before and quit work around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon and spend some time with my kids. Eric Schlosser coffee writing morning Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and beliefs that emerged from postwar southern California, that embodied its limitless faith in technology, that quickly spread across the globe, flourished briefly, and then receded, once its true costs became clear and its thinking became obsolete. Eric Schlosser technology attitude thinking Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But thats where an interesting conversation begins. Eric Schlosser interesting-conversation people looks One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends. Eric Schlosser murder-victims grief reality We can have Americans eating affordably and eating in a way that's sustainable. Eric Schlosser eating way
