Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

Is Wal-Mart Good for America? 2004 Released

Directed by Rick Young

Documentary · 55 min

 

Is Wal-Mart Good for America? 2004 Released

Directed by Rick Young

Documentary · 55 min

 

FRONTLINE offers two starkly contrasting images: one of empty storefronts in Circleville, Ohio, where the local TV manufacturing plant has closed down; the other — a sea of high rises in the South China boomtown of Shenzhen. The connection between American job losses and soaring Chinese exports? Wal-Mart. For Wal-Mart, China has become the cheapest, most reliable production platform in the world, the source of up to $25 billion in... see more

FRONTLINE offers two starkly contrasting images: one of empty storefronts in Circleville, Ohio, where the local TV manufacturing plant has closed down; the other — a sea of high rises in the South China boomtown of Shenzhen. The connection between American job losses and soaring Chinese exports? Wal-Mart. For Wal-Mart, China has become the cheapest, most reliable production platform in the world, the source of up to $25 billion in... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Nov 16, 2004
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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