Cheap : the high cost of discount culture / Ellen Ruppel Shell.
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TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2009Description: xix, 296 p. 24 cmISBN: - 9781594202155
- HF 5429.215.U6 .Sh43 2009
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Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center | HF 5429.215.U6 .Sh43 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 9ALRC201100611 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-285) and index.
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.
An "Atlantic Monthly" correspondent uncovers the true cost--in economic, political, and psychological terms--of the West's penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible. www.alibris.com
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