David Neumark (born July 7, 1959) is an American economist and a Chancellor's Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine,[1] where he also directs the Economic Self-Sufficiency Policy Research Institute.[2] (wikipedia)
There are a lot of people who hate Wal-Mart. In the absence of data, they have a visceral reaction,
I think what the living-wage movement has done in the past 11 years is incredible. How many other issues are there where progressives have been this successful? I can't think of one.
residents of a local labor market do indeed earn less following the opening of Wal-Mart stores.
I think this is a gamble by opening up to more research. Some will be good, and some will be bad.
They've got a problem to solve. For some reason, they alone among big box retailers have sort of become evil in part of the public's eye.
