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5. He wishes!
Tue Feb 26, 2013, 08:18 AM
Feb 2013

If the big-box model is poised to fail spectacularly, then what is going to be successful in its place? I'm not seeing it. This looks like wishful thinking.

I don't know Demeter Feb 2013 #1
The "law"? xtraxritical Feb 2013 #12
The laws of Nature, not of Men Demeter Feb 2013 #19
This guy is a crank who hasn't a clue as to what he's talking about. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #2
Two problems with this analysis quaker bill Feb 2013 #7
Slight disagreement. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #20
except that the top 20% drives 60% of it. the bottom 60% = about 40% of consumer spending. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #29
Sorry Cite that. Thats not correct. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #30
Sorry, you're misinformed. and it follows logically from the distribution of income. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #37
Moody's Analytics is trying to sell the glorious 1% by skewing the figures. loudsue Feb 2013 #38
The bottom 50% of earners take home 12% of income. You can't spend more than you get. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #39
Totally accurate...Moody's is pushing a myth. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #43
totally "accurate"? what? Is the IRS pushing a myth too, when they tell us the bottom 50% of HiPointDem Feb 2013 #48
You obviously do. Its not taxes itself that drive the economy. Its consumers. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #49
it's nothing to do with taxes. can you read?? HiPointDem Feb 2013 #54
You cant, thats for sure. I am not talking about taxes. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #55
OH? "Its not taxes itself that drive the economy. Its consumers". Yes, and the bottom 50% of HiPointDem Feb 2013 #56
You must get all your talking points from "The Blaze" Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #57
i don't know whether you *can't* understand or *won't* understand, but either way, not worth HiPointDem Feb 2013 #58
I agree, you aren't worth the time. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #59
note the column labeled "PERCENT OF ALL INCOME". TOP 10% has nearly half. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #60
Christ, you dont have a clue. Income doesnt automatically equate to spending. You simply prove Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #61
Moodys and WSJ? Oh their credible....Sorry you buy into propaganda. (Snicker) Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #42
The bottom 50% of workers make 12% of total income. If you think they're a big consumer HiPointDem Feb 2013 #47
Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #44
Whatever the "top".... sendero Feb 2013 #35
1) probably, yes Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #40
The energy market has changed quaker bill Feb 2013 #45
We are not talking about shale gas, or coal, we are talking about oil. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #46
The Marcellus and Utica gas fields are enormous. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #50
Talk anything you like quaker bill Feb 2013 #62
Crank? jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #16
He has no formal training as an economist, as an engineer, as a psychologist. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #18
Do you? whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #22
He stated opinions about an industry in which I am fairly knowledgeable. He isn't. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #24
His ideas about suburbia and urban blight have been spot-on. Doremus Feb 2013 #33
But the most likely cause for those is not the reasons he states. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #52
I think his ideas... sendero Feb 2013 #36
hmm jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #23
ECONOMY OF SCALE ECONOMICS IS UNSUSTAINABLE...nt Evasporque Feb 2013 #17
More power to Mayor Bloomberg for keeping Walmart out of Manhattan now for 11 years graham4anything Feb 2013 #3
Wasn't Walmart expanding into banking? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #4
He wishes! Quantess Feb 2013 #5
Online shopping. safeinOhio Feb 2013 #10
& most of the traffic is controlled by big corporations like amazon. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #28
Don't think so. It's more like the lack of demand due to the economy. duffyduff Feb 2013 #32
The cost of transportation will hold down Internet shopping. BlueStreak Feb 2013 #53
A return to the Mom & Pop store business model.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #26
Yup and yup. nt Doremus Feb 2013 #34
Probably all of those great pictures of those lovely... Hubert Flottz Feb 2013 #6
Kunstler is a long-time doom and gloomer NoMoreWarNow Feb 2013 #8
Here in suburbia we've been feral tribes scrounging for edible tubers ever since Kunstler first Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #11
LOL! NoMoreWarNow Feb 2013 #31
Want to really save money, safeinOhio Feb 2013 #9
Kuntstler may be way overstating the case, but.... Jerry442 Feb 2013 #13
And add to that how the executive class and stockholders (owners) of these large businesses gtar100 Feb 2013 #15
I wouldn't mind the return of locally owned, Mom and Pop shops AndyA Feb 2013 #14
Dollar General and Family Dollars Stores are popping up everywhere. Ganja Ninja Feb 2013 #21
I have read that Walmart is actually thinking of changing to the Dollar Store snagglepuss Feb 2013 #27
That's right mokawanis Feb 2013 #41
I would think then, with disposable income contracting ... Myrina Feb 2013 #25
I was at a Target store on Sat and it was packed ThomThom Feb 2013 #51
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