Lori Emerson, KFØLCB on Nostr: "In the 10 years after a Walmart Supercenter opened in a given community, the average ...
"In the 10 years after a Walmart Supercenter opened in a given community, the average household in that community experienced a 6 percent decline in yearly income—equivalent to about $5,000 a year in 2024 dollars—compared with households that didn’t have a Walmart open near them. Low-income, young, and less-educated workers suffered the largest losses."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/Published at
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