Thread: No, Walmart doesn?t create jobs
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Old 08-13-2013, 08:37 AM  
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Originally Posted by KillerK View Post
You argument is like which comes first the chicken or the egg.

Walmart affects the closure of stores nearby period. The # of business closures near a walmart is much higher then areas miles from one. (You can google this shit and find supporting facts)

Here's a link or 2 for Baddog

http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/03/25/...nt-compete-wi/

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/job...sinesses/3272/
http://www.nber.org/papers/w11782

"The employment results indicate that a Wal-Mart store opening reduces county-level retail employment by about 150 workers, implying that each Wal-Mart worker replaces approximately 1.4 retail workers. This represents a 2.7 percent reduction in average retail employment.""
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