The Case for Walmart

The Case for Wal-Mart Is Wal-mart the ideal store to shop it? Austrian economic and business professional Karen De Coster and banker Brad Edmonds believe that Wal-mart improves the lives of people in rural areas because it gives them access to a lifestyle that they would not have if Wal-mart did not exist. Karen De Coster is a freelance writer she is a graduate student in Austrian economics, and is also a business professional from Michigan. Although she has not finished her first book , she has written many other articles on many other things for example in August of 2009 she wrote “I’m the Government and I’m Here To Lie To You” . Brad Edmonds is a banker in Alabama. These authors are making an effort to inform people out there in which believe that Wal-mart is evil. People believe that Wal-mart is evil because they have so many people shopping there. People believe that for these reasons, Wal-marts are driving other small businesses that want an opportunity to be able to open a bigger market for themselves, but aren't able to because Wal-mart takes those opportunity from them by keeping their low prices and selling almost everything that you may need or want. But is Wal-mart really bad? Karen de Coster and Brad Edmonds do not believe that Wal-mart is all that "evil", they believe that Wal-mart is a great opportunity to invest in money, a helpful resource, and they believe that it saves time and wrangling. Wal-mart has had a great impact on many people because it has not only saved them money but has helped create a future with their lives. The authors have been inspired by Wal-mart so much because they were able to do what many other mom & pop stores have not been able to do, keep their low prices, be a refundable corperation , maintain a variety of merchandise, and have a friendly atmosphere. People need to realize that Wal-mart is not evil but they started by very intelligent great minded people, all they wanted was success and

Cited: Coster, Karen De. "The Ludwig Von Mises Institute." The Case for Wal-Mart. Karen De Coster and Brad Edmonds, n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2014.