Delhi It is a good thing our India FDI Watch Campaign (www.indiafdiwatch.org) is not easily intimidated. A recent article in the New York Times indicates that we now have our sights on the largest companies in the country. Reliance Industries, which is the force behind Reliance Fresh that is threatening our shopkeepers, …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Death and Taxes for Wal-Mart
Delhi A startling piece ran recently in the Wall Street Journal that essentially heralded the end to the “Wal-Mart era” in retail. The front-page piece went right at the core of the Wal-Mart problem: the business model. The evidence was precise. Same store sales were falling, revealing a teetering pyramid game where Wal-Mart …
Affordable Housing in NOLA
New Orleans Small world indeed. Several weeks ago I have a message on my voice mail from a “Gabe.” When I return the call it turns out it is a voice from the past almost 30 years ago, reminding me that I had taken him to see the 9th ward back then in …