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In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American VirtueCheap suit. Cheap date. Cheap shot. It's a dirty word, an epithet laden with negative meanings. It is also the story of Lauren Weber's life. As a child, she resented her father for keeping the heat at 50 degrees through the frigid New England winters and rarely using his car's turn signals to keep them from burning out. But as an adult, when she found herself walking 30 blocks to save $2 on subway fare, she realized she had turned into him. In this
Cheap suit. Cheap date. Cheap shot. It's a dirty word, an epithet laden with negative meanings. It is also the story of Lauren Weber's life. As a child, she resented her father for keeping the heat at 50 degrees through the frigid New England winters and rarely using his car's turn signals-to keep them from burning out. But as an adult, when she found herself walking 30 blocks to save $2 on subway fare, she realized she had turned into him. In this lively treatise on the virtues of being cheap, Weber explores provocative questions about Americans' conflicted relationship with consumption and frugality. Why do we ridicule people who save money? Where's the boundary between thrift and miserliness? Is thrift a virtue or a vice during a recession? And was it common sense or obsessive-compulsive disorder that made her father ration the family's toilet paper? In answering these questions, In Cheap We Trust offers a colorful ride through the history of frugality in the United States. Readers will learn the stories behind Ben Franklin and his famous maxims, Hetty Green (named "the world's greatest miser" by the Guinness Book of Records) and the stereotyping of Jewish and Chinese immigrants as cheap. Weber also explores contemporary expressions and dilemmas of thrift. From Dumpster-diving to economist John Maynard Keynes's "Paradox of Thrift" to today's recession-driven enthusiasm for frugal living, In Cheap We Trust teases out the meanings of cheapness and examines the wisdom and pleasures of not spending every last penny.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 10/11/2010
ISBN: 9780316030298
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Christian Century 10/19/2010 pg. 56
New York Times Book Review 11/28/2010 pg. 28
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The money clip wallet is well made and attractive, but as many people have commented, it doesn't hold enough cards. HOWEVER, it can be stretched. I pounded a stack of nine old cards into the wallet and left it in a drawer for four days. After pulling the cards out, it comfortably holds seven. I'm completely satisfied.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Good quality and real nice presentation of the box. Special
Color: Black
It’s good quality and a real strong magnet. It’s bigger than my old one that I’ve used for 20 years. I won’t ever find another one like my old one.
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very good leather and very sturdy
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Presentation and quality top notch!!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Great wallet
I’ve tried several of these money clip wallets, after an older one I loved finally fell apart, and this one is much the best I’ve found. Great magnet (really clamps down on cash), room for 8-10 cards. Not too big, not too small. Quality. Very happy, may even buy another to put aside for when this one eventually goes.
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