Re: Wal-mart and organic food

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Walmart: Making The Poor Rich

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/51950.html

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Commenting on that interesting pro-Walmart

article in the Atlantic, Steve Horwitz writes:

" The most interesting part, however, is the taste test.

Kummer bought the same set of ingredients from Walmart

and Whole Foods and had an Austin, TX chef prepare the

identical meals with each set. He then had a group of

16 foodies compare the dishes. The results? Basically

a draw. He also notes, but doesn't make much of it,

that the ingredients at Walmart cost $126.02 but $175.04

at Whole Foods. If there was no major difference, in the

aggregate, in the quality and flavor, why pay $50 more?

" This is yet another example of Walmart extending the

consumption possibilities of the rich to the poor, as

has been the ongoing trend since the Industrial Revolution. "

Darn right!