{"product_id":"the-wal-mart-effect-how-the-worlds-most-powerful-company-really-works-and-howits-transforming-the-american-economy-9780143038788","title":"The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--And Howit's Transforming the American Economy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Highly readable, incisive, precise, and even elegant.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Insightful.\" --\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWal-Mart isn't just the world's biggest company, it is probably the world's most written-about. But no book until this one has managed to penetrate its wall of silence or go beyond the usual polemics to analyze its actual effects on its customers, workers, and suppliers. Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data (e.g., Americans spend $36 million an hour at Wal-Mart stores, and in 2004 its growth alone was bigger than the total revenue of 469 of the Fortune 500), \u003ci\u003eThe Wal-Mart Effect\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate look at a business that is dramatically reshaping our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143038788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.39h x 5.56w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/21\/2007 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charles Fishman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43448910348469,"sku":"9780143038788","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ea659d0f-c585-4747-a0db-b79959932a44.jpg?v=1704214349","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wal-mart-effect-how-the-worlds-most-powerful-company-really-works-and-howits-transforming-the-american-economy-9780143038788","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}