Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses

Published December 2007
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In less than two decades, large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America. In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising pollution and diminished civic engagement—and she shows how a growing number of communities and independent businesses are effectively fighting back.

You can order it from our online store ($15 for trade paperback or $25 for hardcover) or learn much more about it at the Big Box Swindle web site.

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