{"product_id":"cheap-the-high-cost-of-discount-culture-paperback","title":"Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Ruppel Shell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From 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 personal debt, lowers our standard of living, and even skews of our concept of time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spotlighting the peculiar forces that drove Americans away from quality, durability, and craftsmanship and towards quantity, quantity, and more quantity, Ellen Ruppel Shell traces the rise of the bargain through our current big-box profusion to expose the astronomically high cost of cheap.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Ruppel Shell is a correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Time, Discover, Seed\u003c\/i\u003e, and dozens of other national publications. She is the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Gene\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.44 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377702453426,"sku":"9780143117636","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e7c7c3c8d23b0ceb1d3b7ba6ed786259.webp?v=1777732556","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/cheap-the-high-cost-of-discount-culture-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}