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Ever since its "Let me Teach the planet to Sing" advertisements from the 1970s, Coca-Cola has billed itself as the world's drink, uniting all colors and civilizations in a common love of its caramel-sweet sugars water. The method has worked amazingly well, rendering it one of the most profitable companies on the planet and Coca-Cola the world's second-most-recognized word after howdy. However, as the business expands its reach into both local and foreign marketplaces, an increasing number of the world's citizens are finding the flavor of Coke more bitter than great. Journalist Michael Blanding's The Coke Machine probes shocking accusations about the business's global impact, including:
- Coca-Cola's record of winning no matter what, even if it recommended that its franchisees were making deals with the Nazis and Guatemalan paramilitary squads
- How Coke has harmed children's health insurance and contributed to an excess weight epidemic through exclusive soda pop contracts in classes
- The horrific environmental impact of Coke bottling plant life in India and Mexico, where normal water supplies have been decimated while poisonous air pollution has escalated
- That Coke bottlers stand accused of conspiring with paramilitaries to threaten, kidnap, and murder union market leaders in their bottling plant life in Colombia A disturbing family portrait drawn from an award-winning journalist's daring, in-depth research, The Coke Machine is the first detailed probe of the business and its top secret method for greed.
