Walmart and Employee Autonomy

In Jessica’s last post, which I love, she included this point: Some political philosophers have made this point explicitly (e.g. here and here). They argue that principles of justice apply to the content of our…

McArdle on Costco vs. Walmart

Megan McArdle explains why and how Costco and Walmart have very different business models and serve different functions. We can’t expect Walmart to pay like Costco (or Trader Joe’s). I’m…

Job Gentrification

Hooray! Walmart has decided to double its wages. Henceforth, instead of paying somewhere between $8-11/hr for the typical floor-level associate, it will pay them $16-22/hr. Thank God, justice is served!…

One Correction

Schliesser has been hoping to catch me in an economic error but has been unable to do so. (His strategy in responding to me so far has been to read…