Tag: high wages

Wal-Mart means low-priced goods and good jobs

Jul 14, 2008

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by

mwkruse

in Business, Economic Development, Economics, Poverty

Star Tribune: Wal-Mart means low-priced goods and good jobs "Wal-Mart hammered by judge," shouted a front-page Star Tribune headline earlier this month. The Dakota County judge — responding to a class-action assault on the giant retailer — labeled Wal-Mart "dehumanizing" and set it up for a possible $2 billion penalty. Many Minnesotans probably shrugged. What…