October 29, 2004

More Wal-Mart, More Poverty?

By Kevin

You might want to read about a new WM study that claims to demonstrate: More WM, More Poverty. Full text (19 pages) of study here.

Posted at October 29, 2004 10:48 AM

Comments

I'm not a fan of Walmart, but all this "proves" is that Walmart does better in lower income counties with less diverse economies. Duh.

Higher income people don't use it. Lower income people use it less when you've got an immigrant running a shop in a strip mall selling products for less.

Comment by jen larson at October 30, 2004 04:11 PM | Permalink

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