The price of a bargain : the quest for cheap and the death of globalization
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 Albertas tar sands to Chinas factories, from Las Vegas to the Arctic Circle, a single question emerges: how will we survive the bargain? From the Hardcover edition
Print Book, English, 2010, c2009
Emblem Editions, Toronto, 2010, c2009