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New York : Penguin Press, 2009. |
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| ISBN: |
9781594202155 |
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HF5429.215.U6 S54 2009 |
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| Description: |
xix, 296 p. ; 25 cm. |
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| Subject: |
Discount houses (Retail trade) -- United States.
Consumer behavior -- United States.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index. |
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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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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. |
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economics, shopping, business, consumerism, consumer, discount, discounts, pop culture, wal-mart, adult, adult non-fiction, assembly line, cheap, craftsmanship, culture, economy, finance, food, frugality, income, industrial revolution, marketing, politics, producer, progressive, progressive politics, retail, shipping, social commentary, social science, social-science, sociology, strategy, twitter |