i'm not one of those "omg they had to study THIS??" people (except for UBI/direct cash welfare, which has been beaten to death by now)

and it's not only great to repeat important things, it's necessary

but… didn't we know this?

i remember learning this as a teen

they go in & destroy economies
Reposted from Carrie Brown
"On net, they conclude, Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being." (December) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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