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Just don't ask why it's so cheap - The Globe and Mail

Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
Ellen Ruppel Shell
Just don't ask why it's so cheap - The Globe and Mail
Just don't ask why it's so cheap - The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/j...
Chains like IKEA have made it cool to buy things that don't tax your budget, but there's a hidden cost, Ellen Ruppel Shell explains in this excerpt from her new book "Cheap". Anyone concerned about the environment or workers in the Third World may not want to press for too many answers
This link is an expert of the book: Cheap!  There are costs to the discount culture!  Well, of course!  But before we all say its bad!  We must look at one example of how we forgot to barter with the owners and walk down to a local markets and bargain our way to what we need!  I do hope to pick this book up and get to read this at some point later on.
1 comment Tags: ikea, culture, shopping, wal-mart, bargain

Why is American food so popular in Japan? - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine

Why is American food so popular in Japan? - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine
Why is American food so popular in Japan? - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2221017/
McDonald's in TokyoThe image of Japan as being inhospitable to imports is old, enduring, and not entirely unjustified. The government is offering immigrants from South America—many themselves descendants of Japanese emigrants—$3,000 to return home (the better to free up jobs for native-born Japanese). The vista that meets visitors at Narita Airport is hardly more welcoming: masked staffers, health disclosure forms, and a sign warning that people who are coming in from countries such as Bolivia and Brazil must go in a special line. (They're looking for either soccer players or swine flu.) On the 80-minute ride from Narita Airport to Tokyo, I tried in vain to spot an imported car on the road.
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