Comments on: Long reads of note: NYT's series on Wal-Mart's legacy of bribery, corruption in Mexico http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Shashwath T.R. http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html#comment-1613354 Shashwath T.R. Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201869#comment-1613354 Well, if those laws hadn't been there in the first place, Walmart wouldn't have had to bribe officials to look the other way when they broke them. See? Bad government! Bad <i>bad</i> government! Well, if those laws hadn’t been there in the first place, Walmart wouldn’t have had to bribe officials to look the other way when they broke them.

See? Bad government! Bad bad government!

]]> By: sockdoll http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html#comment-1613075 sockdoll Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201869#comment-1613075 It's not like Walmart invented <i>la mordida</i>. Maybe they just took to it more readily than most. It’s not like Walmart invented la mordida. Maybe they just took to it more readily than most.

]]> By: ep3232 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html#comment-1612979 ep3232 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201869#comment-1612979 As a mexican i can assure you nothing happens in México without corruption As a mexican i can assure you nothing happens in México without corruption

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html#comment-1612951 Cowicide Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201869#comment-1612951 What say you, libertarian, corporatist apologists?  Big gub'mint must be to blame for this somehow, right? What say you, libertarian, corporatist apologists?  Big gub’mint must be to blame for this somehow, right?

]]> By: UnderachievingSheep http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html#comment-1612949 UnderachievingSheep Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201869#comment-1612949 Perhaps everyone knows this one already but there is a great paper online written by two researchers of University of Bremen (Germany) about why and how Walmart failed in Germany. It's a fascinating read because it provides two tired information: the tone deaf nature of Walmart and the refusal of the German people to be pushed into a consumer experience that was alien to their culture. Worth the time (it's long) because of how it sheds light into Walmart's international tactics, including breaking the local laws. http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/publikationen/pdf/w024.pdf (link to PDF) Perhaps everyone knows this one already but there is a great paper online written by two researchers of University of Bremen (Germany) about why and how Walmart failed in Germany. It’s a fascinating read because it provides two tired information: the tone deaf nature of Walmart and the refusal of the German people to be pushed into a consumer experience that was alien to their culture. Worth the time (it’s long) because of how it sheds light into Walmart’s international tactics, including breaking the local laws.

http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/publikationen/pdf/w024.pdf

(link to PDF)

]]> By: Dr P Fenderson http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html#comment-1612947 Dr P Fenderson Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201869#comment-1612947 Walmart and HSBC, sitting in a tree (in Mexico), S-C-R-E-W-I-N-G (everyone else). Walmart and HSBC, sitting in a tree (in Mexico), S-C-R-E-W-I-N-G (everyone else).

]]> By: blissfulight http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html#comment-1612920 blissfulight Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201869#comment-1612920 It's okay, we don't indict large corporations on criminal charges anymore.  They're too big to fail, they didn't mean it, and they'll change, they promise.   It’s okay, we don’t indict large corporations on criminal charges anymore.  They’re too big to fail, they didn’t mean it, and they’ll change, they promise.  

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/long-reads-of-note-nyts-ser.html#comment-1612909 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201869#comment-1612909 Umm... http://www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa/ and slammer time? Oh, wait, different sort of person, sorry about that. Umm… http://www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa/ and slammer time?

Oh, wait, different sort of person, sorry about that.

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