Cheap: the High Cost of Discount Culture

"Cheap" by Ellen Ruppel Shell examines why our obsession with getting goods cheaper and cheaper has ruined our society as a whole. In a lot of ways, I agree with her and always have. I've always been willing to pay more for something manufactured here in America rather than in China. I don't like supporting another nation's economy. There are costs we don't usually even think about as we grab $20 shirts off the rack at Target, like the environmental factors of what's going to happen to all this stuff that we treat as disposable but not biodegradable. There's also the human factor--people working for pennies in sweat shops and whatnot. It was a very sobering look at how much we're truly paying when we go in quest of that great deal.