Wal-Mart is America’s largest retailer. The national chain of stores is a powerful stand-in of both the promise and perils of free market capitalism. Yet it i

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An award-winning journalist breaks through the wall of secrecy to reveal how the world's most powerful company really works and how it is transforming the Ameri

After carving up the once lovingly cared-for downtowns of Small Town America, Wal-Mart launched a frontal assault on mom-and-pop businesses all over the globe.