“Wal-Mart, the former poster child for corporate villainy, once again has surprised both its critics and its corporate peers by backing President Barack Obama’s plans to force employers to provide health insurance to workers, the Wall Street Journal reports. This show of support from the nation’s largest private employer could give much-needed momentum to ‘one of the most-contentious aspects of legislation taking shape in Congress to fix the health system’ and help provide cover for the 46 million uninsured Americans, the paper notes.” (Reuters, Wednesday)
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“The Subsidy of History” by Kevin Carson
