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...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Shell, Ellen Ruppel, 1952-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Discount houses (Retail trade) > United States. Consumer behavior > United States.