01836cam a2200349 4500 771101050 TxAuBib 20091128120000.0 090420s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009015516 9780316030281 HRD $24.99 0316030287 HRD $24.99 DLC DLC BTCTA UPZ C#P NjBwBT TxAuBib Weber, Lauren. In cheap we trust [Book] : the story of a misunderstood American virtue / Lauren Weber. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009. viii, 310 p. ; 22 cm. Eleanor Steele Blocher Endowment Fund. Includes bibliographical references 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. Bklst 10/01/2009. LJ 09/15/2009. PW 07/06/2009. Kirkus 07/01/2009. NYT Bk 10/11/2009. 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. 20091128. Thriftiness United States. Finance, Personal. Finance, Personal. United States.