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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| Format: | 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 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-285) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594202155 159420215X |