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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 fairlygiven their level of skills and experience, and compared to other retail firms, Wal-Mart employees do well  Wal-Mart's fringe benefitshealth-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","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49905875190033,"sku":"CIN0844742449G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52530208047377,"sku":"NLS9780844742441","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52740412178705,"sku":"NIN9780844742441","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53205513830673,"sku":"CIN0844742449VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0844742449.jpg?v=1771500184"},{"product_id":"going-broke-by-degree-book-richard-vedder-9780844741970","title":"Going Broke by Degree","description":"American universities are facing a crisis of growing magnitude. 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Faculties and staff have seen their compensation rising sharply in modern times. New technology is not used aggressively to reduce labor costs. Universities aggressively seek payments beyond the amount needed to provide goods and services. Price discrimination in the form of scholarships has facilitated the cost explosion as well. Vedder demonstrates that even so-called noneconomic issues - grade inflation, affirmative action problems, declining free discourse, political correctness, and the corruption of intercollegiate athletics - have a strong economic base. Vedder notes indications that changes are on the horizon. Already, non-traditional alternatives - such as for-profit universities, computer-based distance learning, and non-university certification of skills - provide some of the same essential services as universities. 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