[lbo-talk] lbo-talk] Wal-Mart

[Eugene Vilensky]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:40:48 -0500, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> That, plus the intense centralization of Wal-Mart (store managers
> have to get Bentonville's approval for changing the thermostat!),
> should lift the hearts of those unreconstructed advocates of economic
> planning.

Is it not valid comparing just one actor in a capitalist economy to
state planning?  While Wal mart may be centralised, it's entire
business is predicated on pitting suppliers against each other, and
it's probably that competition for their IT business that allows them
to 'efficiently' operate such a massive central planning operation.
-- 
Eugene Vilensky
evilensky at gmail.com