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"Bosshart spells out the cost of our cheap world...in a comprehensive,
sometimes shocking, examination of overconsumption."
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“A compelling account of society’s over-consumption.”
Quality World
“A detailed look at what is a new global trend – retail imperialism – and its impact on the working class, the environment and traditional businesses and cultures.”
Morning Star
“Exposes the nature of the modern bargain.”
Easyjet Inflight Magazine
“Explores the reasons why so much business these days is based on cheap prices.”
Business Plus
“Touches on the long term consequences of ‘Every Day Low Pricing’”
The Grocery Trader
“This important book points out that although the retail prices of consumer products are plummeting, companies are paying for these discounts with low wages and that our economy isn’t designed to raise the standard of living. He also explains how we can invent other ways to do business.”
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“In this account of society’s greedy over-consumption we find details of the darker side of some of our favourite organisations and discover ways to stop what the author calls ‘the bulldozer of globalisation.’”
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“From global labour rights issues to the plight of neighbourhood grocers, the author explains the problem, presents related figures, predicts how the situation will play out in the future, and, ultimately, asks the reader to take action before it becomes too late.”
Methodist Recorder
”Examines how this trend for low-priced goods is changing people’s perceptions of what they need, desire and deserve, and how this is reshaping the economy.”
Supply Management
“Retains a balanced view of developments in consumer orientation and the responses of global organisations.”
Edge
“David Bosshart leads us to question our pursuit of unbridled consumer choice and low process, and the effect that it is having on the world’s economies and societies.”
European Foundation for Management Development
“Bosshart has written a starkly challenging book. It deserved to be heeded and its challenge met.”
Church Times
“A powerful account of society’s greed and what it is leading to.”
Refresh
“Exposes the global fixation with bargain hunting.”
Executive Book Summaries
“Bosshart spells out the cost of our cheap world, and the need to for sense before it’s too late, in a comprehensive, sometimes shocking, examination of overconsumption.”
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'Cheap' is the most important development on our way to the next stage in the modernization process taking place in our economy and our society. Read the first page
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