Cheap : the high cost of discount culture

Shell, Ellen Ruppel 1952- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781594202155
ISBN: 159420215X
Physical Description: print
xix, 296 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.