The Price of a Bargain

2010-10-19 Business & Economics

Author : Gordon Laird
Release : 2010-10-19
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 073/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Price of a Bargain by : Gordon Laird

Download or read book The Price of a Bargain written by Gordon Laird. This book was released on 2010-10-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?

The Grand Food Bargain

2019-03-26 Social Science

Author : Kevin D. Walker
Release : 2019-03-26
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 475/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Grand Food Bargain written by Kevin D. Walker. This book was released on 2019-03-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to food, Americans seem to have a pretty great deal. Our grocery stores are overflowing with countless varieties of convenient products. But like most bargains that are too good to be true, the modern food system relies on an illusion. It depends on endless abundance, but the planet has its limits. So too does a healthcare system that must absorb rising rates of diabetes and obesity. So too do the workers who must labor harder and faster for less pay. Through beautifully-told stories from around the world, Kevin Walker reveals the unintended consequences of our myopic focus on quantity over quality. A trip to a Costa Rica plantation shows how the Cavendish banana became the most common fruit in the world and also one of the most vulnerable to disease. Walker’s early career in agribusiness taught him how pressure to sell more and more fertilizer obscured what that growth did to waterways. His family farm illustrates how an unquestioning belief in “free markets” undercut opportunity in his hometown. By the end of the journey, we not only understand how the drive to produce ever more food became hardwired into the American psyche, but why shifting our mindset is essential. It starts, Walker argues, with remembering that what we eat affects the wider world. If each of us decides that bigger isn’t always better, we can renegotiate the grand food bargain, one individual decision at a time.

The Bargain Book

1982 Consumer education

Author : Barty Phillips
Release : 1982
Genre : Consumer education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 342/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Bargain Book written by Barty Phillips. This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How to Buy Antiques at Bargain Prices!

2003 Antiques & Collectibles

Author : John Gollehon
Release : 2003
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 713/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book How to Buy Antiques at Bargain Prices! written by John Gollehon. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From yard sales to New York auction houses, learn how to buy antiques at rock-bottom prices. The author, a collector and dealer for over 35 years, shows you all the secrets of buying and selling. A complete listing of all antiques and collectibles by category, with trends and values, is included. Important tips on searching garage sales, auctions, malls, and shows are a valued feature of the book.

Bargain Fever

2014-09-25 Business & Economics

Author : Mark Ellwood
Release : 2014-09-25
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 052/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Bargain Fever written by Mark Ellwood. This book was released on 2014-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost half of everything sold in America is listed at some kind of promotional price. People don't only want a deep discount, they expect it - and won't settle for anything less. In this playful, deeply researched book, journalist Mark Ellwood takes a trip into this new landscape. From the floor of upscale department store Sergdorf Goodman to the bustling aisles of a Turkish bazaar, from the outlet Disneyworld of rural Pennsylvania to a town in Florida that can claim to be couponing's spiritual capital, Ellwood shows how some people are, quite literally, born to be bargain junkies thanks to a quirk of their DNA. He also uncovers the dark side of discounting: the sales-driven sleights of hand that sellers employ to hoodwink unsuspecting buyers. Bargain Feveris a manual for thriving in this new era, when deal hunting has gone from being a sign of indigence to one of intelligence. There's never been a better time to be a buyer - at least if you know how the game works. 'This book is a bargain hunter's bible.' Michael Tonello, author of Bringing Home the Birkin'Bargain Fever is just as fierce, funny, tenacious, and tantalizing as its author. I love this book.' Kelly Cutrone, founder, People's Revolution, and author of Normal Gets You Nowhere'A book after my own heart. Bargain Fever lifts the veils off the sales, ensuring even more that you'll never pay retail again.' Carmen Wong Ulrich, financial contributor, CBS This Morning, and author of Generation Debt'Highly informative and entertaining.' Booklist

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