Bargain Hunting Adds Up to Unexpected Costs
Description
NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman speaks with Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of, "Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture," which explores modern consumers' love of inexpensive, mass-produced products, and the downsides - on wages, the environment, and quality - that a discount culture creates.
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7 min
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2009
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