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Re:Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat... by matchagaucho on Monday November 21, 2016 @09:45AM (#13005728)
And their "research" is used by right-wing conservatives to justify fracking, and other environmentally damaging agendas.

http://www.nofrackingway.us/2012/11/01/shale-boom-nber-conse...

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Re:Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat... by harryh on Monday November 21, 2016 @11:03AM (#13006404)
The paper I linked to wasn't done by NBER. They just host a database of research done by basically all academic economists. Your ad hominem attack isn't even aimed at the right people.
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Re:Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat... by matchagaucho on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:30PM (#13007791)
Like I said... follow the money. I choose to filter this out as false authority, not ad-hominem.
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Re:Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat... by harryh on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:53PM (#13008018)
Everyone chooses which science they want to deny so they don't have to confront inaccuracies in their world view. I guess this is yours.
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Re:Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat... by matchagaucho on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @02:30PM (#13025106)
There's no science required here. Walmart is a minimum wage body shop. Plain and simple. So at best, their presence in a community only displaces other minimum wage jobs, or creates more minimum wage jobs.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/03/walmart-can-afford-15-minimum...

The paper cited is a typical right-wing conservative position that corporate ladders with management positions provide workers with more opportunities for advancement, and thus possibly higher wages.

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