What others are saying:

"... Wal-Mart now aspires to be like the government, bursting through political logjams and offering big-picture solutions to intractable problems..." New York Times, 02/03/08

"Wal-Mart is the greatest thing that ever happened to low-income Americans." W. Michael Cox, chief economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, New York Times, 07/13/08

"Some economists give more credit to the company [Wal-Mart] than to Alan Greenspan for the low inflation of the past 20 years, given how greatly its low-cost model has rippled through the industry and the economy." Forbes, Tom Van Riper, 01/17/08

"Whether it's climate change, health care reform, or natural-resources depletion, we can't take on the world's challenges without Wal-Mart...at this point, we now believe that we can have a bigger impact by partnering with Wal-Mart than by shunning it." Jeffrey Hollender, CEO of Seventh Generation in a blog post, 10/06/08

"Supermarkets led by Wal-Mart's ASDA have set out plans to create thousands of jobs as the UK's food retailers show they are weathering the economic storm better than their non-food counterparts." Financial Times, Tom Braithwaite, 01/29/09

"When Wal-Mart comes to town, it makes other businesses better." Paul McElhone, associate director of the retailing school at the University of Alberta's School of Business, The Globe and Mail, 10/24/08