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Wal-Mart wars : moral populism in the twenty-first century /
Wal-Mart is America's largest retailer. The national chain of stores is a powerful stand-in of both the promise and perils of free market capitalism. Yet it is also often the target of public outcry for its labor practices, to say nothing of class-action lawsuits, and a central symbol in Americ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Wal-Mart is America's largest retailer. The national chain of stores is a powerful stand-in of both the promise and perils of free market capitalism. Yet it is also often the target of public outcry for its labor practices, to say nothing of class-action lawsuits, and a central symbol in America's increasingly polarized political discourse over consumption, capitalism and government regulations. In many ways the battle over Wal-Mart is the battle between "Main Street" and "Wall Street" as the fate of workers under globalization and the ability of the private market to effectively distribute precious goods, like health care, take center stage. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 225 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814763359 9780814763353 9780814763360 0814763367 |