Cheaponomics : the high cost of low prices
Carolan, Michael S.2014
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Do you really think you are getting a good deal when given that free mobile phone for switching service providers, if a multinational retailer undercuts its competitors or by the fact that food is relatively cheaper today in many countries than ever before? Think again! As Michael Carolan clearly shows in this book, cheapness is an illusion. The real cost of low prices is alarmingly high. It is shown for example that citizens are frequently subsidising low prices through welfare support to poorly-paid workers in their own country, or relying on the exploitation of workers in poor countries for cheap goods.
Main title:
Cheaponomics : the high cost of low prices / Michael Carolan.
Author:
Carolan, Michael S., author
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 2014.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781317819660 (Mobipocket ebook)041573514904157351579780415735148 (hbk)9780415735155 (pbk)9780415735148 (ePub ebook)9781317819684 (PDF ebook)
Dewey class:
338.5'2338.52
Language:
English
BRN:
1612674
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