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A Wal-Mart EconomyEssay Preview: A Wal-Mart EconomyReport this essayBefore Wal-mart, the trend in the American workplace was to internalize the cost of doing business. American companies tried to compete with everything from higher wages, to better health care benefits, to limiting the work-week to 40 hours. In its ruthless pursuit of cheaper products, Wal-mart has.