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GtrsRGr8 · 03-01-2016, 06:38 PM

I make this post with one reservation: the book is getting to be a little long in the tooth, having been published in 2006 (one evidence of this is that the stores are now known as "Walmart" and no longer "Wal-Mart" (the corporation is still known as "Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated, however)). But, that shouldn't affect the strength (or weakness) of the argumentation.

I've given the ratings, as I usually do for books that are sold (not given away only). However, I would not put much stock in them. This is a very polarizing subject--people feel strongly one way or the other about the issue, there are few people in the middle. The ratings details at both Amazon and GoodReads reflect this!

Title: The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big-Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy.
Format(s): Pdf.
Author(s): Richard Vedder; Wendell Cox.
Publisher: AEI [American Enterprise Institute] Press
Pages: xvi + 210.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): 3.5 stars, but from only 10 reviews; rated 3.33, but from only 9 ratings, at GoodReads.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available there: $3.99 (Used--"Acceptable" paperback) (including shipping).
Book Description (Amazon):
The activities of Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers have become rallying cries for both sides of the political aisle. This book is aimed at those involved in debates over Wal-Mart's impact on worker wages, labor issues, and health-insurance and land-use policies.

The Wal-Mart Revolution provides useful facts about the company, the U.S. retail industry, labor economics, health-care policy, and land-use realities in America today. Economist Richard Vedder and public-private partnerships expert Wendell Cox painstakingly analyze available evidence before concluding that the economic transformation in American retailing which is personified by Wal-Mart has largely been good for Americans and the economy. Wal-Mart's basic business strategies have had a profoundly positive impact on America's productivity, wages, consumer prices, and other key economic variables.

Though the book was written without any cooperation from Wal-Mart, Vedder and Cox address several criticisms often lobbed at the company and demolish them one-by-one:

• Wal-Mart workers are paid fairly―given their level of skills and experience, and compared to other retail firms, Wal-Mart employees do well
• Wal-Mart's fringe benefits―health-care coverage, retirement benefits, and more-―are similar to those of other retail firms, and very few Wal-Mart workers go without health insurance
• Big boxes mean big business: communities with new Wal-Mart stores typically enjoy increased employment and incomes after the store opens
• Wal-Mart benefits the poor, in particular, in the form of lower prices and new job opportunities
• Attempts to keep Wal-Mart out of communities through zoning restrictions, mandatory health insurance, or special high minimum wages hurt citizens, especially those with lower incomes.
Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download, based upon the fact that it is posted on the publisher's webpage, without any restrictions that I could find. In fact, a link to it is given on at least one of the organization's other publications (http://www.aei.org/publication/the-w...olution/print/).
URL: https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploa...4444796470.pdf.

03-01-2016, 06:38 PM	#181
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	One View of Whether or Not Box-Box Stores Like Walmart Are Good. FREE Pdf! I make this post with one reservation: the book is getting to be a little long in the tooth, having been published in 2006 (one evidence of this is that the stores are now known as "Walmart" and no longer "Wal-Mart" (the corporation is still known as "Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated, however)). But, that shouldn't affect the strength (or weakness) of the argumentation. I've given the ratings, as I usually do for books that are sold (not given away only). However, I would not put much stock in them. This is a very polarizing subject--people feel strongly one way or the other about the issue, there are few people in the middle. The ratings details at both Amazon and GoodReads reflect this! Title: *The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big-Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy. Format(s):* Pdf. Author(s): Richard Vedder; Wendell Cox. Publisher: AEI [American Enterprise Institute] Press Pages: xvi + 210. Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): 3.5 stars, but from only 10 reviews; rated 3.33, but from only 9 ratings, at GoodReads. Price: *$0.00. Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available there:* $3.99 (Used--"Acceptable" paperback) (including shipping). Book Description (Amazon): The activities of Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers have become rallying cries for both sides of the political aisle. This book is aimed at those involved in debates over Wal-Mart's impact on worker wages, labor issues, and health-insurance and land-use policies. The Wal-Mart Revolution provides useful facts about the company, the U.S. retail industry, labor economics, health-care policy, and land-use realities in America today. Economist Richard Vedder and public-private partnerships expert Wendell Cox painstakingly analyze available evidence before concluding that the economic transformation in American retailing which is personified by Wal-Mart has largely been good for Americans and the economy. Wal-Mart's basic business strategies have had a profoundly positive impact on America's productivity, wages, consumer prices, and other key economic variables. Though the book was written without any cooperation from Wal-Mart, Vedder and Cox address several criticisms often lobbed at the company and demolish them one-by-one: • Wal-Mart workers are paid fairly―given their level of skills and experience, and compared to other retail firms, Wal-Mart employees do well • Wal-Mart's fringe benefits―health-care coverage, retirement benefits, and more-―are similar to those of other retail firms, and very few Wal-Mart workers go without health insurance • Big boxes mean big business: communities with new Wal-Mart stores typically enjoy increased employment and incomes after the store opens • Wal-Mart benefits the poor, in particular, in the form of lower prices and new job opportunities • Attempts to keep Wal-Mart out of communities through zoning restrictions, mandatory health insurance, or special high minimum wages hurt citizens, especially those with lower incomes. Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download, based upon the fact that it is posted on the publisher's webpage, without any restrictions that I could find. In fact, a link to it is given on at least one of the organization's other publications (http://www.aei.org/publication/the-w...olution/print/). URL: https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploa...4444796470.pdf.