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>Is it bad for the public that Costco and Walmart deliver lower prices to customers via efficiencies if scale? Obviously not. Whereas if they could pay local g

by pydry 4y ago

>Is it bad for the public that Costco and Walmart deliver lower prices to customers via efficiencies if scale? Obviously not. Whereas if they could pay local governments money to keep the other one out so they could jack up prices that would be bad.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
It is not obvious to me. Maybe it is better for a society to have redundancies in supply chains and business operations. Or having businesses spread out through a region as opposed to conglomerated in a few spots with big box stores. Or maybe it is worth the lower prices. Or maybe it is not in society’s best interest if Walmart is so big they can force suppliers to cut quality to meet their prices.