An eye-opening look at the power and influence of the world’s largest company.

Is Wal-Mart Good for America? FRONTLINE

Premiered November 16, 2004
Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

A look at two contrasting images: one of empty Ohio storefronts, where local TV manufacturing plants have closed down; the other of a sea of high rises in the China boomtown of Shenzhen. The connection? Wal-Mart. Some credit Wal-Mart’s focus on low costs with helping contain U.S. inflation, but others say it drives production of American consumer goods overseas, resulting in problems here at home.

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