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100	1		_aWeber, Lauren. _9104008
245	1	0	_aIn cheap we trust : _bthe story of a misunderstood American virtue / _cLauren Weber.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bLittle, Brown and Co., _c2009.
300			_aviii, 310 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[285]-304) and index.
505	0		_a"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.
520			_aConsiders 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.
650		0	_aThriftiness _zUnited States. _9104010
650		0	_aFinance, Personal. _9104013
650		0	_aFinance, Personal _zUnited States. _9104016
690			_aPersonal finance. _9104019
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