Cheap: Audiobook
The Cheap audiobook runs an estimated 8.8 hours (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 8.8 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 55% of the business audiobooks we measured.
- That's 12% shorter than the average business audiobook (10 hrs across 259 titles in our dataset).
Computed from business audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for business listeners: a solid week of commutes at 8.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
From the shuttered factories of the rust belt to the look-alike strip malls of the sun belt—and almost everywhere in between—America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little examined obsession is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force of our time—the engine of globalization, outsourcing, planned obsolescence, and economic instability in an increasingly unsettled world. Low price is so alluring that we may have forgotten how thoroughly we once distrusted it. Ellen Ruppel Shell traces the birth of the bargain as we know it from the Industrial Revolution to the assembly line and beyond, homing in on a number of colorful characters, such as Gene Verkauf (his name is Yiddish for "to sell"), founder of E. J. Korvette, the discount chain that helped wean customers off traditional notions of value.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cheap audiobook?
Cheap runs about 8.8 hours, our estimate from its 296 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is the Cheap audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
When was Cheap first published?
Cheap by Ellen Ruppel Shell was first published in 2009.
