Black Friday Is Not What It Seems

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WORKS CITED/FURTHER READING:

Derek Thompson, "11 Simple Economic Lessons to Make You a Smarter Shopper on Black Friday” The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/11/11-simple-economic-lessons-to-make-you-a-smarter-shopper-on-black-friday/265449/

Kevin Roose, "Why Black Friday Is a Behavioral Economist’s Nightmare”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/11/black-friday-a-behavioral-economists-nightmare.html

Shan Li, "Black Friday highlights the contrast between rich and poor"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-black-friday-class-divide-20141124-story.html

Maxwell Strachan, "‘Black Friday' Originally Meant Something Much, Much Darker"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/27/black-friday-origin_n_4346347.html

Black Friday Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29#cite_note-29

Margaret Hartmann, "Black Friday: A History of Violence"
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/11/black-friday-a-history-of-violence.html

Robert Klara, " Why Black Friday Is Overrated (and Always Was) “
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/why-black-friday-overrated-and-always-was-161606



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