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PBS FRONTLINE: Is Wal-Mart Good For America (2005)

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Posted by Matthew Toplikar on Nov. 22, 2010
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IF YOU'RE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE VIDEO ABOVE, WATCH THE FILM FOR FREE AT THE OFFICIAL PBS WEBSITE

FRONTLINE explores the relationship between U.S. job losses and the American consumer's insatiable desire for bargains in "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?" Through interviews with retail executives, product manufacturers, economists, and trade experts, correspondent Hedrick Smith examines the growing controversy over the Wal-Mart way of doing business and asks whether a single retail giant has changed the American economy.

Filmmaker Rick Young has also directed:

Spying On the Home Front (2007)

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