Atlantic Monthly correspondent Ellen Ruppel Shell uncovers the true cost---in economic, political, and psychological terms---of our penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible.

Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens our countryside, health and the quality of our food wherever we live in the world. From the antibiotics routinely give...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 菲利普•林伯里 （Philip Lymbery） 国际知名公益组织──世界农场动物福利协会（Compassion in World Farming, CIWF）首席执行官，温彻斯特大学访问教授，欧洲动物联盟（Eurogroup for Animals）副主席，为戳破“只有工业化的农业才能养活全球七十多亿人口”的迷思，他走访美国、欧洲、中国、秘鲁、阿根廷各地，深入挖掘工业化农业对人类带来的危害，并在英国国会举办新书发表会。他的努力曾数次改变英国的农业政策，在其领导下，世界农场动物福利协会曾荣获“观察家伦理奖”（Observer Ethical Award）年度活动家奖，以及“BBC Radio 4 食物与农业奖”（BBC Radio 4 Food and Farm Award）最佳活动家暨教育者奖，以及国际金鸽和平奖（Golden do...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 菲利普•林伯里 （Philip Lymbery） 国际知名公益组织──世界农场动物福利协会（Compassion in World Farming, CIWF）首席执行官，温彻斯特大学访问教授，欧洲动物联盟（Eurogroup for Animals）副主席，为戳破“只有工业化的农业才能养活全球七十多亿人口”的迷思，他走访美国、欧洲、中国、秘鲁、阿根廷各地，深入挖掘工业化农业对人类带来的危害，并在英国国会举办新书发表会。他的努力曾数次改变英国的农业政策，在其领导下，世界农场动物福利协会曾荣获“观察家伦理奖”（Observer Ethical Award）年度活动家奖，以及“BBC Radio 4 食物与农业奖”（BBC Radio 4 Food and Farm Award）最佳活动家暨教育者奖，以及国际金鸽和平奖（Golden do...(展开全部)

Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens our countryside, health and the quality of our food wherever we live in the world. From the antibiotics routinely give...(展开全部)

From the shuttered factories of the rust belt to the look-alike strip malls of the sun belt—and almost everywhere in between—America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little examined obsession is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force of our time—the engine of globalization, outsourcing, planned obsolescence, and e...(展开全部)

Crap. We all have it. Filling drawers. Overflowing bins and baskets. Proudly displayed or stuffed in boxes in basements and garages. Big and small. Metal, fabric, and a whole lot of plastic. So much crap. Abundant cheap stuff is about as American as it gets. And it turns out these seemingly unimportant consumer goods offer unique insights into ourselves—our values and our desir...(展开全部)

Crap. We all have it. Filling drawers. Overflowing bins and baskets. Proudly displayed or stuffed in boxes in basements and garages. Big and small. Metal, fabric, and a whole lot of plastic. So much crap. Abundant cheap stuff is about as American as it gets. And it turns out these seemingly unimportant consumer goods offer unique insights into ourselves—our values and our desir...(展开全部)

Sex is cheap. Coupled sexual activity has become more widely available than ever. Cheap sex has been made possible by two technologies that have little to do with each other - the Pill and high-quality pornography - and its distribution made more efficient by a third technological innovation, online dating. Together, they drive down the cost of real sex, and in turn slow the de...(展开全部)