The high-cost of low prices...

Wal-Mart Vice President of Corporate Affairs Ray Bracy speaks at the Economic Impact Research Conference in Washington on Friday, Nov. 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf).

Newspapers, including the Washington Post, reported about the Wal-Mart sponsored conference about the economic impact of Wal Mart. That's a conference I would have liked to have known about, although it did conflict with other things I wanted to do. See this AP article, "Wal-Mart sponsors economic conference, but is it risky?".

This largely positive report, "Measuring the Economic Impact of Wal-Mart on the U.S. Economy" was commissioned by WalMart. This was the take of Business Week magazine, "Papers Submitted to Wal-Mart's Own Conference Undercut Company Claims: In mixed findings, many of critics' claims are validated."

Click here for the papers presented at Global Insight's Conference on Economic Impacts of Wal-Mart.

Reuters photo.

Also see the Wake Up Walmart campaign website Click here for a list of upcoming screenings of the documentary "Wal mart: The high cost of low price."