Shell, Ellen Ruppel, 1952-

Cheap : the high cost of discount culture / Ellen Ruppel Shell. - New York : Penguin Press, 2009. - xix, 296 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-285) and index.

Explores the influence of mass-produced, inexpensive goods on economics and society, discussing outsourcing, technology, globalization, deregulation, and related topics, and contending that such practices are harmful.

Adult Follett Library Resources

9781594202155 (trade) 159420215X

2009009503


Discount houses (Retail trade)--United States.
Consumer behavior--United States.
Discount houses (Retail trade)
Consumers--United States.

HF5429.215.U6 / S54 2009

381/.149/0973