{"product_id":"cheap-ellen-ruppel-shell-9780143117636","title":"Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eA myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain \u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Ruppel Shell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143117637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143117636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.50w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2010 pg. 20","brand":"Ellen Ruppel Shell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069374427391,"sku":"9780143117636","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b2b407a-a0af-488b-a34c-d080128c7f15.jpg?v=1685424364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cheap-ellen-ruppel-shell-9780143117636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}