--- title: Adam Chandler | TIME description: Chandler is a journalist and author based in New York. Chandler is the author of Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America’s Fast-Food Kingdom and, most recently, 99% Perspiration A New Working History of the American Way of Life canonical: https://time.com/author/adam-chandler/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/adam-chandler/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Adam Chandler ## Adam Chandler Chandler is a journalist and author based in New York. Chandler is the author of [_Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America’s Fast-Food Kingdom_](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250090744/drivethrudreams/) and, most recently, [_99% Perspiration A New Working History of the American Way of Life_](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723824/99-perspiration-by-adam-chandler/) ## Adam Chandler *  Feb 20, 2025 ### [The Private Sector Can't Fix What's Wrong With America](https://time.com/7259925/private-sector-cant-fix-america-essay/) Adam Chandler explains why Trump and Musk’s obsession with the private sector is spiritually vacant. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 21, 2025 ### [The Broken Story of America That Led Trump Back to Power](https://time.com/7208831/america-trump-myth-of-opportunity-essay/) America's myth of opportunity has created the unprecedented civic crisis that brought Donald Trump b... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 2, 2025 ### [Why a ‘Third Life’ Is the Answer to America’s Loneliness Epidemic](https://time.com/7202834/third-life-america-loneliness-essay/) A life with regular time for connection and glorious, unproductive leisure is a great goal for 2025,... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 9, 2019 ### [The Fascinating Way Popeyes Comes Up With New Items Like That Chicken Sandwich Everyone Is Obsessed With](https://time.com/5671463/popeyes-chicken-sandwich/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 21, 2019 ### [Why Texans Are So Upset About the Sale of Whataburger](https://time.com/5612280/whataburger-texas-sale/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/adam-chandler/","name":"Adam Chandler"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/adam-chandler/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/adam-chandler/"},"name":"Adam Chandler","jobTitle":"","description":"Chandler is a journalist and author based in New York. Chandler is the author of Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America’s Fast-Food Kingdom and, most recently, 99% Perspiration A New Working History of the American Way of Life","url":"https://time.com/author/adam-chandler/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```