{"product_id":"where-underpants-come-from-9781847390011","title":"Where Underpants Come From","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Joe Bennett bought a five-pack of Made in China underpants in his local New Zealand hypermarket for $8.59  he wondered who on earth could be making any money  let alone profit  from the exchange. How many processes and middlemen are involved? Where and how are the pants made? And who decides on the absorbent qualities of the gusset?  Where Underpants Come From tells you all you need to know -- in fact  probably more -- about this mystery of global commerce. Leaving his supermarket trolley behind Joe embarks on an odyssey to the new factory of the world  China  to trace his pants back to their source. Along the way he discovers the extraordinarily balanced and intricate web of contacts and exchanges that makes global trade possible -- and rapidly elevating China to the status of world economic superpower. He also grapples with chopsticks  challenges his own prejudices and marvels at the contrasts in one of the worlds oldest  but fastest changing  societies. Funny  wise and insightful  it is another wonderful journey from the author of A Land of Two Halvesand Mustnt Grumble.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67950735589429,"sku":"ByrdShop_1847390013","price":62.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/where-underpants-come-from-9781847390011","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}