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Author
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 Shell, Ellen Ruppel, 1952-
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Title
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Cheap : the high cost of discount culture / Ellen Ruppel Shell.
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New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
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xix, 296 p. ; 25 cm.
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HF5429.215.U6 S54 2009 -Regular Loan
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index.
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Gresham’s law -- 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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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 houses (Retail trade) -- United States.
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Consumer behavior -- United States.
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