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The Price of a Bargain: The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization
The Price of a Bargain The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization Author:Gordon Laird 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 do... more »cumentary 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?