The Perils of Wal-Mart Dependence
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/perils-walmart-dependence/In July, the town of Homer, Louisiana, will become the latest in a string of small Southern communities where Wal-Mart has taken over the local economy only to skip town years later, leaving a withered tax base and no place to buy many staple goods. Continue reading



