RETAIL ANARCHY

THIS IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND JOURNEY INTO THE CONSUMER-DRIVEN COMA WE HAVE SUCCUMBED TO.WHY DOES NO ONE BLINK WHEN THEY ARE CHARGED ALMOST TWO POUNDS FOR A CUP OF COFFEE? WHY DO GROWN MEN SLEEP ON THE STREET OVERNIGHT TO BUY VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS? WHY IS IT THAT YOUR CHILD CAN OFTEN SPEAK A BRAND NAME BEFORE YOUR OWN? "STAND-UP ECONOMIST" SAM POCKER DELVES INTO THESE HARD-HITTING QUESTIONS-AND THE RESULT IS A FASCINATING, WRY, AND AMUSING ACCOUNT OF CONSUMERS' NONSENSICAL HABITS AND THE STORES THAT PREY UPON THEM.