Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture

Ruppel Shell, Ellen

ISBN 10: 159420215X / ISBN 13: 9781594202155

Edité par Penguin Press HC, The, 2009

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Synopsis :

Cheap An Atlantic correspondent uncovers the true cost—in economic, political, and psychic terms—of our penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possibleFrom the shuttered factories of the rust belt to the look-alike 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 litt... Full description

Présentation de l'éditeur: From shuttered factories to look-alike high streets and shopping centres, the Western world has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little examined obsession is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force of today - the engine of globalisation, outsourcing, planned obsolescence and economic instability in an increasingly unsettled world. In this myth-shattering, closely reasoned and exhaustively reported investigation, Shell exposes the astronomically high cost of ''cheap''.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
Éditeur : Penguin Press HC, The
Date d'édition : 2009
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : very_good