ERIC SCHLOSSER describes REEFER MADNESS: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the Amer

In 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.

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