Cheap The High Cost of Discount Culture

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ISBN: 9780143117636

ISBN-10: 0143117637

ISBN-13: 9780143117636

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ellen Ruppel Shell

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A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain From the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the 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 with bargains is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force of our time, having fueled an excess of consumerism that blights our landscapes, escalates personal debt, lowers our standard of living, and even skews of our concept of time. Spotlighting the peculiar forces that drove Americans away from quality, durability, and craftsmanship and towards…

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/29/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.43" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Note to Readers


Introduction: Gresham's Law



Discount Nation



The Founding Fathers



Winner Take Nothing



The Outlet Gambit



Markdown Madness



Death of a Craftsman



Discounting and its Discontents



Cheap Eats



The Double-Headed Dragon



The Perfect Price


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index