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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 (bo... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Discount nation
- The founding fathers
- Winner take nothing
- The outlet gambit
- Markdown madness
- Death of a craftsman
- Discounting and its discontents
- Cheap eats
- The double-headed dragon
- The perfect price.