Ever wonder if you're thrifty, or cheap, when you drive an extra 10 miles to buy gas for 5 cents less?  Wonder who first had the idea for a mall or, even better, an outlet mall?  Shell, a correspondent for the Atlantic, evaluates America's penchant for making and buying cheap products while assessing the true economic, political, and psychological costs of such goods, in a report that argues that a focus on low prices is promoting negative practices.