[lbo-talk] Wal-Mart at Forefront of Hurricane Relief

John Adams jadams01 at sprynet.com
Thu Sep 8 10:24:23 PDT 2005


From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>


> Yeah, and studing the WMT logistics system could even revive some of
the prestige of economic planning! *Everything* is coordinated out of Bentonville; it's a capitalist Gosplan.

I've been telling people for years now that if W*l-M*rt had been running the five year plans, they'd've come in under budget in three-and-a-half years.

They are amazingly good at what they do--the source of so much ambivalence toward them (including mine). It's hard not to admire that, in isolation. In larger context, now...

Thanks,

John A

see me fulminate at http://www.jzip.org/



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