In the Truman Index, a bizarre article entitled "Wal-Mart Dominates Local Economy" presents a lot of evidence that it doesn't!
Bascially, the author talks to several WM-boycotting students and describes their shopping techniques. All the students seem to get by pretty well, even though they recognize that only sometimes do they find better bargains elsewhere. (The students claim to know both the prices of Wal-Mart and its competitors, so I have to assume that they go to Wal-Mart just to see the selection and prices that they are boycotting.)
Money quote:
Wire said that anything not available in Kirksville, he can buy over the Internet."You can even buy toilet paper off Amazon.com," he said.
Posted by Kevin on October, 20 2005 at 09:11 AM
