Cheap : the high cost of discount culture /
Shell, Ellen Ruppel, -1952
Cheap : the high cost of discount culture / Ellen Ruppel Shell. - New York : Penguin Press, 2009 - xix, 296 p. 24 cm.
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
9781594202155
Consumer behavior--United States.
Discount houses (Retail trade)--United States.
HF 5429.215.U6 / .Sh43 2009
Cheap : the high cost of discount culture / Ellen Ruppel Shell. - New York : Penguin Press, 2009 - xix, 296 p. 24 cm.
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
9781594202155
Consumer behavior--United States.
Discount houses (Retail trade)--United States.
HF 5429.215.U6 / .Sh43 2009
