Schlosser, Eric,

Special Report: Slow Food--Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser. - Ecologist, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 43, Health, 1522-323X; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Special Report: Slow Food--Fast Food Nation, April 2004; pp. 39-41.

"In February [2004] a report by George W Bush's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) suggested that fast food workers might in the future be classified as manufacturing workers. A CEA report asked: 'When a fast-food restaurant sells a hamburger, for example, is it providing a 'service', or is it combining inputs to 'manufacture' a product?" (ECOLOGIST) The author discusses the negative impact the fast-food industry has had on society.

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McDonald's Corp.


Convenience foods
Employees
Fast food restaurants
Mass production
Natural foods
Slow Food movement

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