Annotated Bibliography

1. Stone, Kenneth. "IMPACT OF THE WAL-MART PHENOMENON      ON RURAL COMMUNITIES." Diss. Iowa State University, 1997. Print.

This article examines the effects of wal-mart when it moves into small towns in Iowa. The professor does research into the statistics of how many business go out of business. He also examines Job creation vs. job loss.

2. Useem, Jerry. "Should We Admire Wal-Mart?Some say, it's evil. Others insist it's the model of all that's right with America. Who are we to believe?." Fortune. 08/03/2004: n. page. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. <http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/08/363689/index.htm>.

This article will be used to show how torn people can be on the topic of Wal-mart. Many of us shop at Wal-mart or own stock in Wal-mart. But as well many of us hate Wal-Mart’s tactics and don’t want Wal-Mart in our town. The funny thing is that most of us have support for both sides. So which one is it?

3. The High Cost of Low Prices. Dir. Robert Greenwald. Brave New Films, 2005. DVD. <http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/wal-mart-the-high-cost-of-low-price/>.

The documentary examines Wal-Mart and the tactics it uses to drive out competition. It interviews Wal-Mart several times as well as examines certain cases where Wal-Mart performed illegal practices and what happened when it came to town. It showed factories being shut down then replaced with super Wal-Marts soon after. It did this as well as examine the globalization that Wal-Mart is creating.

           

4. Quinn, Bill. How Walmart Is Destroying America (And the World): And What You Can Do about It. 3 Rev Upd. New York: Ten Speed Press, 2005. Print.

The Chapter I am most focused on is What happens when Wal-Mart comes to town. It examines the negative effects on towns. Also it tells how they get into your town legally and illegally and what some of the false perceptions are about it.

5. Is Wal-mart good for America. Dir. Rick Young. WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, 2004. Web. 18 Oct 2011. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/>.

The documentary examines people’s contradictory views on Wal-Mart. How they need the bargains but are against the job loss that it brings. It looks at one example in particular, a RCA TV factory in which it bullies and drives out of business through demand. It showed how Wal-Mart eliminated high paying salary jobs with low paying wages.

6. Voros, Drew. "Who's afraid of the big, bad Wal-mart?." Contra Costa Times 11/2/2010`. n. pag. Web. 18 Oct. 2011. <http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?shr=t&csi=313958&sr=HLEAD(WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG, BAD WALMART?) and date is November, 2010>.

The article is about the protest of a Wal-Mart being built in the east bay area around Oakland. The Battle is being fought buy labor and environmental leaders. They say it will lead to bad things for the town. The author rebuttals this by saying that they already sell stuff to the town so what would the store change.

7. "Working with Wal-Mart." Ottwa Citizen 16/02/2001. Final n. pag. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. <http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?shr=t&csi=8363&sr=HLEAD(Working with Wal-Mart) and date is February, 2007>.

            The article addresses a small own just outside of Ottwa where the highway is drawing a new mall. Half of the allotted mall space is going to be a Wal-Mart. Since Wal-Mart has a reputation of killing small downtowns and leaving them empty for crime to grow there is resistance to this. Just another example of resistance to Wal-Mart in towns.

8. Caldwell, Christopher. "Capital Markets; Walmart, D.C. community organizer." Weekly Standard 17/01/2011. n. pag. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. <http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?shr=t&csi=154608&sr=HLEAD(Capital Markets) and date is January, 2011>.

            The article talks about the resistance to Wal-Mart coming into D.C. Wal-Mart dominates all 50 states but has yet to be placed into our nation’s capital. The article talks about not just how Wal-Mart puts local business in bankruptcy but also how they enforce their will on local governments.

9. Green, Joshua. "The New War Over Wal-Mart." Atlantic Monthly (10727825) 297.5 (2006): 38-44. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 19 Oct. 2011.

            The article addresses one of the major labor issues with Wal-Mart, health-care. How a business who says to create well paid jobs only gives 1/3 of its employees good healthcare. This leaves 2/3’s employees with out health care and none of these people are the high pad CEO’s.

10. Entenza, Rachel, Hadley Leavell, and Balasundram Maniam. "Is Wal-Mart smothering small town America?." Entrepreneurial Executive. (2005): p1. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=AONE&userGroupName=clemson_itweb&tabID=T002&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm¤tPosition=1&contentSet=GALE|A166778413&&docId=GALE|A166778413&docType=GALE&role=>.

The article examines the effects that Wal-mart has on other towns. The authors did research and found various sources of people who had already done research and addressed each topic. Topics ranged from competition to the spill over effect and concluded with Wal-Mart doing more harm than good

11.  Condon, Mark. "The Wal-Mart Effect." Credit Union Magazine 73.2 (2007): 20. Business Source Premier. EBSCO. Web. 19 Oct. 2011.

            This article talks about the strategies Wal-Mart Employees. How it squeezes out every last cent of their price and the effect it has on everyone.