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<p><P>In this book, Laird traces the bargain – that touchstone of American culture – from its humble dollar-store origins to its recent role as global juggernaut. Along the way, he discovers that much of today’s collapsing consumer economy is dangerously dependant upon unsustainable labor, transport, resources, trade imbalances, and consumer debt. Through interviews with everyone from box store executives to illegal immigrants, a single question emerges: Is the Wal-Mart culture sustainable on a global level? From Asia’s factory borderlands to rural Mexico, from Las Vegas to the Arctic Circle, Laird<i> </i>explores the hidden revolution of discounting, and the promise and consequence of everyday low prices. <P>http://www.gordonlaird.com/</p> <h3>Kirkus Reviews</h3> <p>You know the economy is in trouble when you can't find anything for a dollar in a dollar store. Financial journalist Laird, who is from Canada, that healthier economy to the north, takes a sidelong look at the depressing-literally and figuratively-effects of the eternal quest for the cheapest possible goods. The great innovation of chains such as Wal-Mart, he says, has been to tighten th
- Author
- Laird, Gordon, 1967-
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780230614918
- Subjects
- Economics, Business
- Updated
- 2026-03-24