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Heh, heh

Remember when the French thought that EuroDisney was a "cultural Chernobyl?" I wonder how they'd react to this.


Is Wal-Mart the Answer to France's Problems?

I recently found myself asking a fairly bizarre economic question: Would the disaffected youth torching cars in France be happier if they could get jobs at Wal-Mart? If you think I'm kidding, I'm not.


The author goes on to contrast and compare the American and French styles of capitalism, but he carefully stops short of drawing a definitive conclusion. I can't profess to know whether the French would be better of with Wal-Mart or not either, but I confess there's a part of me that would immensely enjoy watching that most despised symbol of soulless, cutthroat American capitalism springing up around the Parisian banlieue. Does that make me bad?

Comments

No, it makes you clueless.

It makes you an intellectual person.

Given the economic climate there, could Wal-Mart even make a go of it?

Maybe if they called it Jihad-Mart.

Have a nice day

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