البارونات: المال والسلطة وفساد صناعة الأغذية الأمريكية

Barron's tells the story of seven food industry giants, their rise to power, and the repercussions for workers, consumers, and democracy itself. Readers will learn about a mysterious German family that took control of the global coffee industry in less than a decade, drawing on a fortune dating back to the Nazis to swallow up countless independent coffee roasters. They'll visit "Farming Disneyland," where schoolchildren ride trams through automated warehouses filled with tens of thousands of cows that never see the light of day. They'll learn that crime in the food world pays, especially when you can bribe the president of Brazil and then betray him. The Barons paints a bleak picture of corporate cartelization, but it also shows that a fair, healthy, and thriving food industry is possible—if we take back power from the barons who took it from us.