What's a good sprawl story without Wal-Mart? Fortune magazine profiles the corporation that builds the big boxes in "One Nation Under Wal-Mart."
Says the author: "Wal-Mart in 2003 is, in short, a lot like America in 2003: a sole superpower with a down-home twang. As with Uncle Sam, everyone's position in the world will largely be defined in relation to Mr. Sam. Is your company a 'strategic competitor' like China or a 'partner' like Britain? Is it a client state like Israel or a supplier to the opposition like Yemen? Is it France, benefiting from the superpower's reach while complaining the whole time? Or is it ... well, a Target? You can admire the superpower or resent it or - most likely - both. But you can't ignore it."
Thanks to Dateline APA
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