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Price of a Bargain: The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization

by Laird, Gordon
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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 as global juggernaut. From Alberta's tar sands to China's factories, from Las Vegas to the Arctic Circle, a single question emerges: how will we survive the bargain?

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Pub dateOct 19, 2010
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ISBN-139780771046070
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