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In “Is Wal-Mart Good for America?,” FRONTLINE provided two starkly contrasting photos: certainly one of empty storefronts in Circleville, Ohio, the place the native TV manufacturing plant had closed down; the opposite, a sea of excessive rises within the South China boomtown of Shenzhen. The connection between American job losses and hovering Chinese language exports? Wal-Mart. By way of interviews with retail executives, product producers, economists and commerce specialists, correspondent Hedrick Smith does a deep dive into the corporate’s enterprise practices.
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CHAPTERS:
Prologue – 00:00
Wal-Mart’s Retail Energy – 01:17
Muscling Producers – 11:41
What’s Behind Wal-Mart’s Low Costs – 18:57
The Rise of “Made in China” – 28:26
Shedding Jobs in U.S. Manufacturing – 40:11
Credit – 53:12