Boost Quote by Robert Reich

Walmart's period of explosive growth coincided with decades of wage stagnation and deindustrialization. By applying relentless downward pressure on prices and wages, the company…

— George Packer

“[Walmart]s largest innovation consists in getting rid of the central Fordist principle of paying the workers enough so that they can afford to buy…

— Steven Shaviro

Walmart isn't your average mom-and-pop operation. It's the largest employer in America. As such, it's the trendsetter for millions of other employers of low-wage…

— Robert Reich

The problem with Wal-Mart is that it's a business model premised on offering the customer low prices at any cost - any cost to…

— Liza Featherstone

Wal-Mart uses technology to increase sales volume, but the more it does so, the more it drives down profit margins - its own and…

— Timothy Noah

Low prices at Walmart are a given. Customers almost take that for granted. But they also want to save time, and that goal is…

— Doug McMillon

Wal-Mart provides a chilling example of the damage that low-wage, nonunion corporations can wreak, and their business model is going to set the standards…

— Andy Stern

I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe…

— S. Robson Walton

Walmart was built on the idea that we could give our customers access to the items they need every day at the lowest prices…

— Doug McMillon

Wal-Mart creates entry level jobs for people who don't have a lot of skills; those jobs don't pay a lot.

— Peter Schiff

You can't compete with Walmart. But you can have smaller businesses that are successful.

— Bill Cosby

What the American worker needs is more of what WalMart offers and less of what the government offers.

— Llewellyn Rockwell