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Journalist Rick Wartzman on Walmart: Good Intentions Are Not Enough

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Still Broke: Walmart's Remarkable Transformation

By the end of the century, according to journalist Rick Wertzmann, Walmart had morphed into something of a hellscape. In 2018, Walmart allowed Rick and Side to watch as it attempted to turn its dark reputation around by improving conditions for workers. The title of the resulting book tells the story, Still Broke, Walmart's remarkable transformation and the limits of socially conscious capitalism.

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