Wal-Mart: The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Everyday Low Prices is Hurting America

Wal-Mart is a frightening concept just on a power scale. When you think of how much sway one chain can have over the economy and over law, people, and so amny other things - its scary. That's one of the things that this book points out and points out well. It takes time to show you how Wally World grew into the thiong that it is, asks you what yout hink about it, and then asks you what laws - if any - you see shattered in... Read Full Review

I did a rather intense research project on Wal-Mart during my senior year as a Political Science major a few years back and I read just about every Wal-Mart book out there! I saw documentaries and read transcripts, etc. It became a little close to being an obsession of mine. Not to discount the other books out there on the topic of Wal-Mart----there are so many great ones that specifically address sexism (Featherstone did... Read Full Review

After reading this book I will never shop at Walmart again. I recommend this book to everyone who shops there and works there. It's a real eye opener...

It is not often you find a book that looks at both sides of the coin for a given issue. Authors usually tend to take up one side of an argument and stick to it. In "The Bully of Bentonville" I expected it to mostly stick to how Wal-Mart has harmed the American economy more than it has hurt it and to focus in on the tactics they use to get things there way or no way at all. Therefore, I was surprised when I began reading... Read Full Review