TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weber,Lauren
TI  - In cheap we trust: the story of a misunderstood American virtue 
SN  - 9780316030281 :
AV  - HG179 .W387 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Little, Brown and Co.
KW  - Thriftiness
KW  - United States
KW  - Finance, Personal
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p.[285]-304) and index; "The crowd approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary" -- A nation of savers -- "What use can a woman have for arithmetic?" -- Cheap Jews and thrifty Chinese -- "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" -- Lively golf balls and two-Ford freedom : the postwar years -- Spendthrift nation -- Eco-cheap -- Living cheap in the age of mass consumption -- Cheapskate psychology -- Conclusion
N2  - Considers our hot-and-cold relationship with thrift and offers a colorful ride through its history in America, from Ben Franklin and his famous maxims to the branding of Jews and the Chinese as cheap in order to neutralize the economic competition they represented
ER  -