Cheap the high cost of discount culture
An Atlantic correspondent uncovers the true cost--in economic, political, and psychic terms--of our penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible, providing evidence that "buying cheap" has resulted in a host of socioeconomic ills that include a blighted landscape, escalatin...
| Main Author: | Shell, Ellen Ruppel, 1952- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2009.
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| Summary: |
An Atlantic correspondent uncovers the true cost--in economic, political, and psychic terms--of our penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible, providing evidence that "buying cheap" has resulted in a host of socioeconomic ills that include a blighted landscape, escalating debt (both personal and national), stagnating incomes, and fraying communities. |
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| Physical Description: |
xix, 296 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781594202155 159420215X |
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