A Debate: Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

Wal-Mart is in many ways a symbol of capitalism, its efficiency the envy of corporations the world over. Its economies of scale have made everyday goods more affordable for millions of Americans - a point that might be brushed aside by the more affluent but that is essential to the lives of working class families across the country. On the other hand, Wal-Mart employs questionable labor practices while offering low wages to its workers. Its ruthless business practices squeeze suppliers within an inch of their lives, and the opening of a Wal-Mart store in your neighborhood may force local merchants out of business to be replaced by a 'big box' warehouse with little invested in the community. Watch the Hudson Union Society take on the Yale Political Union in this exciting debate! Meeta Anand - Meeta Anand has had the good fortune of having attended some of the world's leading academic institutions (Oxford and Harvard), and the greater fortune of actually graduating from some of them. Meeta's debating abilities have been alternately described as more withering than when the bad guys open the ark at the end of the first Indiana Jones movie and yet more subtle than a groundball between Bill Buckner's legs. When not revising her biography, she is a corporate lawyer in New York City. Cyrus Habib - Cyrus Habib is a Rhodes Scholar, Truman Scholar and Soros Fellow. Habib worked for Senators Cantwell, Clinton, and Kerry, the private equity firm Pelican Partners, the law firm Perkins Coie, and most recently Google. He has been published in a number of publications, including the Washington Post. Rachel Homer - Rachel Homer is a senior Political Science major, because that's an original major to choose at Yale. After a semester babysitting the Yale Political Union - as President - she had no trouble coordinating interest groups while working on the Democratic Platform this summer. The summer before she worked in the Ugandan Parliament in Kampala, which is like the beltway, but with more cows and fewer lobbyists. She plans to have a lucrative career working in Democratic politics; if that fails, she's settle for just working in Democratic politics. Carmen Lee - Carmen Lee has yet to fill the void in her life after leaving the Speakership of the Yale Political Union this semester. When not saving Africa one micro-loan at a time, she can usually be located by the sound of her voice. Student organizations that have begged her to shut up include the Yale Debate Association, Saint Anthony Hall, and the Independent Party. Jack O'Conor - It is unclear how exactly Jack O'Conor--a purported physics and computer science major--found his way into the Yale Political Union, or what he expects to accomplish by refusing to leave. His answer to everything is to privatize the roads, so no one has yet bothered to tell him the topic of the motion. Joseph Pascal - Joseph Pascal is co-founder and president of the Hudson Union Society. He is an Oxford graduate. Pascal is from Long Island and received his M.B.A. at Oxford. Michael Pomeranz - Michael Pomeranz is a senior in Yale College from Chicago, IL. He is a major in Religious Studies (recently promoted from lieutenant), a position sure to render him unable to pay for a Senate seat back home at the going rates. He hopes the Society will vote for his side of the resolution early and often. If careers in law, politics, government, or education policy don't work out, he plans to tour the nation, calling for repentance, as the recent steroid revelations clearly are God's punishment for the sin of the Designated Hitter. Daniel Raglan - Daniel P. Raglan's practice is concentrated in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and acquisition finance. In addition, Raglan regularly advises companies on public disclosure, securities law and corporate governance issues. His clients include major corporations, financial institutions, private partnerships and REITs. David Robinson - David Robinson is a member of the Oxford Union Debating Team. After two years in Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, Robinson found that his primary skill was bar-room conversation. Eager to put this talent to use, he became a Washington journalist. Like Oxford, Washington seemed to specialize in comedic debates; unlike Oxford, these comedies were inadvertent. After this brief foray, Robinson returned to Princeton.

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