How Walmart Is Destroying America (And the World)
And What You Can Do about It
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Publisher Description
After carving up the once lovingly cared-for downtowns of Small Town America, Wal-Mart launched a frontal assault on mom-and-pop businesses all over the globe. With 1.5 million employees operating more than 3,500 stores, Wal-Mart is now the world's largest private employer. In this third edition of How Wal-Mart Is Destroying America (and the World), intrepid Texas newspaperman Bill Quinn continues the fight. Featuring detailed accounts of Wal-Mart's questionable business practices and the latest information on Wal-Mart lawsuits, vendor issues, and efforts to stop expansion, Quinn shows why Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is arguably the most feared and despised corporation in the world. Whether you're a customer fed up with Wal-Mart's false claims, a vendor squeezed by strong-arm tactics, a worker pushed to increase the Waltons' bottom line, or a concerned citizen trying to save your hometown, this book will show you how to get Wal-Mart off your back and out of your backyard.
BILL QUINN is a World War II veteran, retired newspaperman, and certified anti-Wal-Mart crusader. He lives with his wife, Lennie, in Grand Saline,Texas.
Customer Reviews
Good Topic and Facts, Poor Writing Style
I don't disagree with the points the book is trying to make but it's the way it's written that bothers me.
It feels like a poorly written propaganda book that essentially is an extension of "Walmart is evils!!!". That may be true but writing a book with this type of writing style makes it as unsympathetic as a Walmart PR book and it's the going to win over many people who are neutral on the issue.
Like imagine watching an official Walmart marketing PR book or video. This is the same, but of the opposite topic. It just feels desperate and fake, very much the same effect when you see an official PR video.
This book would be a much better work if it didn't look like it was written by some crazy guy with a vendetta. It needs to be written with much more objectivity in mind. A writing style can still appear to be objective even if the point it's trying to make isn't and it greatly affects how a reader absorbs and trusts said information.
Again, most of the facts in this book is true but this would have been much easier to read if the writer doesn't sound like he's so desperate to make his point. It's okay to have people in emotions (I.E. people who have been negatively affected by Walmsrt) in the book/story but the writer itself needs to have a more neutral frame of mind - at least you have to if you want to make your point across and make you relatable.
2/5 Good subject matter and facts but poor writing.