Comments on: Don’t Hate Walmart http://economicharmonies.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/dont-hate-walmart/ the professional opinions of an amateur economist Sat, 18 May 2013 18:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joel Poindexter http://economicharmonies.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/dont-hate-walmart/#comment-743 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:26:37 +0000 http://economicharmonies.wordpress.com/?p=1564#comment-743 I agree with everything you noted, that Wal-Mart enjoys huge advantages, both directly and indirectly, from the state. My only point was that simpy being bigger is no reason to hate a business.

Some people loathe firms simply because they get “too big,” as if one individual could know what the optimal size of a given company should be. This was written more for that person than as a defense of Wal-Mart in particular, or government partnerships with big businesses.

]]> By: ronin1972 http://economicharmonies.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/dont-hate-walmart/#comment-740 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:50:43 +0000 http://economicharmonies.wordpress.com/?p=1564#comment-740 But isn’t the success of Walmart in it’s current form more to due to Govt interference in the market place with the issues you related to above, rather then just superior business method. Monetary inflation has stripped a lot of rural areas of income and thus the ability to vote with their dollar since they must in order to survive seek the item at the cheapest price via Walmart, rather then the best service from a local provider. Also the huge tax benefits they receive to move into an area as to in some way contribute to this as well.

While I agree a truly voluntary free market will determine the best and most efficient provider of a service to the consumer. What we have now with the Govt with Corporate so intertwined are we truly seeing a free market in action when it come to mega-corps like Walmart?

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