Author:
Laird, Gordon, 1967-
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description282 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:The bargaineers: fear and housewares in Las Vegas -- Quantum cheap: progress is price destruction -- China crisis: the end of cheap labor -- Supply chain nation: Cargo cults of the twenty-first century -- All is plastic: the small world of hydrocarbons -- We, the resource: journeys to the end of cheap -- Shock therapy: Can high prices save us?
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.