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1. The tragedy of innovation: how brilliant ideas are criminalised

   Category: Blog/Analysis

   ... like Monsanto, McDonalds and Walmart. Human beings are pathetic, ignorant and helpless creatures lying on our spindly backs, our limbs flailing in the air as the corporations lined against us tread our ... Thursday, 21 June 2007

2. The efficiency of markets and how protectionism leaves the poor behind

   Category: Blog/Analysis

   ... these." Remainders are the clothes ordered by major chains on a sale-or-return basis and then returned. Walmart and other major chains used to do this a great deal in the 1980s. It wasn't possible ... Friday, 01 June 2007

3. How much does a free education cost?

   Category: Blog/Analysis

   ... The total cost runs into significantly more than this. Michael Strong, of FLOW, writes that Walmart has, by the simple expedient of purchasing $ 23 billion of goods a year from China, assisted 460 000 ... Tuesday, 02 January 2007

4. What do Richard Branson and Che Guevara have in common?

   Category: Blog/Analysis

   ... WalMart – a US-based retailer – has frequently been accused of causing environmental harm.  A new WalMart in Aurora, Colorado has been built entirely to appease environmentalists:  ... Saturday, 23 December 2006