Meatonomics How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter |
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Author:
| Simon, David Robinson |
ISBN: | 978-1-60925-861-0 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | Mango Media
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Imprint: | Conari Press |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
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In this "provocative and persuasive work," the health advocate reveals the dirty economics of meat--an industry that's eating into your wallet (Publishers Weekly). Few Americans are aware of the economic system that supports our country's supply of animal foods. Yet these forces affect us in a number of ways--none of them good. Though we only pay a few dollars per pound of meat at the grocery store, we pay far more in tax-fueled government...
More Description In this "provocative and persuasive work," the health advocate reveals the dirty economics of meat--an industry that's eating into your wallet (Publishers Weekly). Few Americans are aware of the economic system that supports our country's supply of animal foods. Yet these forces affect us in a number of ways--none of them good. Though we only pay a few dollars per pound of meat at the grocery store, we pay far more in tax-fueled government subsidies--$38 billion more, to be exact. And subsidies are just one layer of meat's hidden cost. But in
Meatonomics, lawyer and sustainability advocate David Robinson Simon offers a path toward lasting solutions.
Animal food producers maintain market dominance with artificially low prices, misleading PR, and an outsized influence over legislation. But counteracting these manipulations is easy--with the economic sanity of plant-based foods. In
Meatonomics, Simon demonstrates:
- How government-funded marketing influences what we think of as healthy eating
- How much of our money is spent to prop up the meat industry
- How we can change our habits and our country for the better
"Spectacularly important." --John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution "[A] well-researched, passionately written book." --Publishers Weekly