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The Price of a Bargain

The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization

The Price of a Bargain( )
Author: Laird, Gordon
ISBN:978-0-7710-4607-0
Publication Date:Oct 2010
Publisher:McClelland & Stewart
Imprint:Emblem Editions
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.00
Book Description:

A brilliant investigation into the true cost of our bargain economy -- and the end of consumerism as we know it Ours is the age of discount: we want more, cheaper, better. But the result is low wages, urban blight, environmental damage, labour abuses, a cookie-cutter model of progress, and now an international economic crisis. With an eye for documentary storytelling and investigative detail, Gordon Laird traces the bargain from its humble dollar-store origins to its place...
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