Cheap
By Ellen Ruppel Shell
The High Cost of Discount Culture. Penguin Press, 2009.
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A brief summary of Cheap
A thought-provoking study of how and why America’s consumers stopped caring about quality products and started caring about low prices, and the economic effects that followed this “bargain hunter” mindset.
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Who should read Cheap
Economists • sociologists • teachers • accountants • historians • small business owners
About the author of Cheap
Long-time journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell has spent her professional career researching, studying, and writing on the cause and effect of evolving cultures, policies, and economics with a special emphasis on science. She maintains regular contributions to The Atlantic Monthly while educating future generations at Boston University.
Ellen Ruppel Shell
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