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Why We Hate Cheap Things and Other Money-Related Essays

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Why We Hate Cheap Things and Other Money-Related Essays

By The School of Life

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About the book

We don't think we hate cheap things - but we frequently behave as if we rather do. Consider the clean cotton t-shirt. We wouldn't regard this as a particularly stylish fashion choice, and certainly not as a glamorous one. We are unlikely to stare wistfully at a cotton t-shirt in a shop window, or buy one in anticipation of a special event. We don't luxuriate in the feel of the fabric when we pull the freshly laundered garment over our head - yet Louis XVI would have been deeply impressed by this...Show more

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9780995573635

Publisher

The School of Life Press

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

Why We Hate Cheap Things and Other Money-Related Essays

Format

Hardcover

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