Zócalo Public SquareLauren Weber on Why Cheap is a Bad Word – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Lauren Weber on Why Cheap is a Bad Word https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2009/10/15/lauren-weber-on-why-cheap-is-a-bad-word/economics/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2009/10/15/lauren-weber-on-why-cheap-is-a-bad-word/economics/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:41:01 +0000 Zocimporter https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/?p=8572 Lauren Weber, author of In CHEAP We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue, stopped by Zócalo’s offices to chat about how cheap became a bad word, whether there’s such a thing as being too cheap, and the last time she indulged in an extravagant purchase. *Photo courtesy Woman of Scorn.

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*Photo courtesy Woman of Scorn.

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