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The High Cost of Discount Culture
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- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2010
Summary
A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America’s passion for finding a better bargainFrom 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 pers…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143117636 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143117637 |
| Author: | Ellen Ruppel Shell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
About The Author
Ellen Ruppel Shell
Ellen Ruppel Shell is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Time, Discover, Seed, and dozens of other national publications. She is the author, most recently, of The Hungry Gene, which was published in six languages, and is Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Knight Center for Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University.
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