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Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Shell, Ellen Ruppel, Paperback, Use

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ISBN
9780143117636

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143117637
ISBN-13
9780143117636
eBay Product ID (ePID)
80061708

Product Key Features

Book Title
Cheap : the High Cost of Discount Culture
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Industries / Retailing, Consumer Behavior, Customer Relations, Popular Culture
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Business & Economics
Author
Ellen Ruppel Shell
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

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0.8 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Synopsis
A myth-shattering investigation into the true cost of America's pasion for finding a better bargain., A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain From the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little- examined obsession with bargains is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force of our time, having fueled an excess of consumerism that blights our land-scapes, escalates personal debt, lowers our standard of living, and even skews of our concept of time. Spotlighting the peculiar forces that drove Americans away from quality, durability, and craftsmanship and towards quantity, quantity, and more quantity, Ellen Ruppel Shell traces the rise of the bargain through our current big-box profusion to expose the astronomically high cost of cheap.
LC Classification Number
HF5429.215.U6S54

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  • Great book on consumer psychology andmany aspects of consumer economics.

    Great book on consumer psychology and how it relates to peoples buying habits and preferences, plus a lot more on how retailing/wholesaling works. I cannot rate this book high enough; only wish it had been written back when I was in college and studying economics and in particular consumer economics back in the 60's and 70's. If you use the information imparted in "Cheap", one can use that knowledge to save money and to enter the market place much more efficiently and confidently.

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