The Price of a Bargain

The Price of a Bargain
Author: Gordon Laird
Publisher: Emblem Editions
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2010-10-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0771046073


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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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