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"content": "The Walmart Effect. According to new research, “Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ6M8DNeJKHI4Y8-RNyEwPvc",
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