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DESCRIPTION:ERIC SCHLOSSER describes \nREEFER MADNESS: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in 
 the American Black Market.\n\nIn Fast Food Nation, the incomparable Eric 
 Schlosser unveiled the real story behind Happy Meals and Whoppers and 
 forever changed the way we think about fast food. In his new book, 
 Schlosser investigates another overlooked but powerful force - the black 
 market economy - and its affect on our everyday lives. Schlosser focuses on 
 three pillars of America’s underground economy, pornography, drugs, and 
 illegal immigrants, all bringing in billions of dollars a year. He provides 
 fascinating, unnerving revelations about all three that will change minds 
 and incite plenty of controversy. Did you know, for instance, that some 
 economists estimate our underground economy is about one trillion dollars - 
 9 to 10% of our total economy? That porn generates about the same revenue 
 as Hollywood’s domestic box office receipts? That a bushel of corn, our 
 largest legal cash crop, sells for roughly $2, while a bushel of manicured 
 marijuana sells for at least $70,000? That the average migrant farm worker 
 (for example, one who harvests those delicious strawberries) earns a mere 
 $7,500 for six months of work and has an estimated life expectancy of 49 
 years? In Reefer Madness, Schlosser shows how your trip to the grocery 
 store, your stay at a major hotel chain, and even your vote for a candidate 
 who wants to fight the war on drugs may all play a role in the vast, often 
 exploitative, and growing black market economy of the United 
 States.\n\nDescription taken from http://www.codysbooks.com/.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/19823.php
SUMMARY:ERIC SCHLOSSER describes REEFER MADNESS: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the Amer
LOCATION:Cody’s Books\n2454 Telegraph Avenue @ Haste St.\nBerkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/19823.php
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