Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture

Oct 15, 2009

Newton Free Library

Ellen Ruppel Shell talked about her book Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture (Penguin Press; The (July 2, 2009). In her book she argues that our love of bargains has led to a market filled with poor quality products and an economy that increasingly excludes the working class. She talked about the psychology of consumerism and the .. Read More
Ellen Ruppel Shell talked about her book Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture (Penguin Press; The (July 2, 2009). In her book she argues that our love of bargains has led to a market filled with poor quality products and an economy that increasingly excludes the working class. She talked about the psychology of consumerism and the history of consumerism and industrialization. She illustrated her talk with slides and read passages from her book. She also responded to questions from members of the audience at the Newton Free Library on Thursday, October 15, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. Ellen Ruppel Shell is associate professor and co-director of the Knight Center for Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University. She is a correspondent for dozens of national publications including Time and Atlantic Monthly. She is the author of The Hungry Gene: The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin and A Child's Place.

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00:00:12 Unidentified Speaker THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY CONTRIBUTINGETTE TORE, ELLEN RUPPEL SHELL'S BOOK "CHEAP," SAYS MARKARIES LOVE...
00:00:28 Unidentified Speaker HI. THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT. ON A SCHOOL NIGHT. IT'S PARTICULARLY KIND OF YOU TO COME OUT AND THANK...
00:45:27 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS SOMETHING I HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN JAPAN, PUERTO RICO, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN VERSION HE THIS...
00:45:43 Unidentified Speaker YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FREE AND SELF-SERVING.
00:45:47 Unidentified Speaker FREE AND SELF-SERVICE, THOSE ARE HUGE, HUGE TOPICS. FREE, WHICH MIGHT COLLEAGUE CHRIS ANDERSON WROTE...
00:48:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I WONDER IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON THIS WHOLE AUCTION AND INTERNET BUYING PHENOMENON THAT...
00:48:27 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT. I DO A SECTION ON AUCTIONS. AUCTIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING. MATHEMATICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY,...
00:50:16 Unidentified Speaker I'M CURIOUS IN YOUR BOOK IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON AUTOMOBILE PURCHASING.
00:50:20 Unidentified Speaker I JUST HAD TO BAIL OUT ON A CAR BECAUSE I JUST WASN'T CONVINCED I WAS GETTING THE DEAL HE WAS TELLING...
00:51:43 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, YOUR EXAMPLE ABOUT HOW AKIA KEEPS GOING LOWER TO, YOU KNOW, TO VIETNAM, TO EAT OPEN I CAN'T,...
00:51:58 Unidentified Speaker WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST HAPPENING NOW. WE KNOW INTERNS ARE UNPAID AND SOMETIMES ASKED TO BRING...
00:55:26 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:55:28 Unidentified Speaker I PERSONALLY HAVE GOTTEN ADDICTED TO GETTING BARGAINS AND IT'S PAINFUL TO PAYING FULL PRICE. I WAS...
00:55:49 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY. AND I DON'T ARGUE PEOPLE SHOULD PAY MORE. I DON'T. IT HAS CHANGED MY BUYING BEHAVIOR...
00:57:46 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS NOTICING ESPECIALLY -- ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD NOTICED ESPECIALLY WITH THE...
00:58:02 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:58:04 Unidentified Speaker TO USE ONE STRIP WHICH MIGHT MEAN JUST ONCE A DAY IS 75 CENTS. I'D NEVER HEARD THE TERM SHROUDING...
00:58:18 Unidentified Speaker WELL, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE MEDICAL FIELD. THERE MAY BE PHYSICIANS...
00:58:50 Unidentified Speaker IT'S WHAT HAS TO BE USED LIKE THE DISPOSABLE RAZOR THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED, REPLACED, REPLACED.
00:58:54 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY. DO WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE? ONE MORE? OKAY.
00:59:00 Unidentified Speaker I WONDER IF YOU FOUND ANY GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUNG BUYERS AND OLDER BUYERS?
00:59:05 Unidentified Speaker WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T DO SURVEYS BE YOU KNOW? -- YOU KNOW? I CAN SAY I'VE DONE A LOT OF RADIO INTERVIEWS...
01:00:53 Unidentified Speaker ELLEN RUPPELSHELL IS A CONTRIBUTOR EDITOR TO THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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