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Largest companies by annual revenue[0]: WalMart Stores (US) - $485.8bn State Grid (China) - $315.1bn Sinopec (China) - $267.5bn China Natura

• TrickyRick 9y ago
  Are you more or less forced to buy a Toyota simply because all your friends drive a Toyota? Is the majority of roads exclusive to Toyotas? If you question a business decision of Toyota, or a design of their car, can you then sell said car and purchase one from another brand with minimal impact on your daily life (Other than the fact that you have to sell and buy a car)? Clearly it's not just about revenue numbers here.
• kiliantics 9y ago
  I think nationalising Walmart is a perfectly reasonable idea. Considering issues like the level of access to quality food in poor neighbourhoods in the US and the fact that US government subsidises much of Walmart's labour cost already, it would be a much better deal for the American people on average.
• zild3d 9y ago
  Not really relevant, it's not the revenue that is a problem. It's their massive network effects that are, as the author puts it, platform monopolies. Walmart, Toyota, Apple, do not have entrenching networks that lead to a monopoly. You can just as easily go to Target, buy a Honda, or get an Android phone