TY - BOOK AB - 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. AU - Shell, Ellen Ruppel, CN - HF5429.215.U6 CN - HF5429.215.U6 CY - New York : DA - 2009. ID - 332614 KW - Discount houses (Retail trade) KW - Consumer behavior N2 - 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. PB - Penguin Press, PP - New York : PY - 2009. SN - 9781594202155 SN - 159420215X T1 - Cheap :the high cost of discount culture / TI - Cheap :the high cost of discount culture / ER -