It's an analysis. The UC study was a lot more quantitative, I agree. What I liked about this one was the way it set out the pros and cons in the table.
I did read the conclusion ;) and yes, it's rather wishy-washy. But a lot of complicated issues are like that. How important s a diverse economy to you? That might depend on whether you have $20 or $200 for groceries this week. Most adult decisions are balancing acts, right? The important thing is to realize what choices you are making when you make them. Dana >The item from NCSU isn't a study, it is an opinion. > >The only stats that he uses point to jobs, claiming that wal-mart >created 100 new jobs, while 70 were lost in other retail and warehouse >jobs. The other stat I could find was based on California, stating that >wal-mart workers earn 31% less than other retail in California. > >California is very hard to judge, the highs are very high, and the lows >can be very low. In SF alone they have more than 30k grocery store >clerks. > >In the end the guy concludes with this: >To a very large extent, whether a new Wal-Mart is a "good" or "bad" >thing for an individual depends on which of these varied impacts are >most strongly relevant to that individual. > >That basically each store is a case by case basis, that some are good, >some are bad. > >dollar >begin >> >with. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192889 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
