Cheap : the high cost of discount culture / Ellen Ruppel Shell.
| Author/creator | Shell, Ellen Ruppel, 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Penguin Press, 2009. |
| Description | xix, 296 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index. |
| LCCN | 2009009503 |
| ISBN | 9781594202155 |
| ISBN | 159420215X |