Wal-Mart’s Economic Influence on the American Economy and American Protectionism Policy
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Prepared by: Ugur Kaya

Professor: John Bottomley

Date: 09 December 2011

Word Count: 1570

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to present Wal-Mart’s influence on the American economy in the long term.
This report has considered Wal-Mart’s damaging effects on local stores and manufacturers which cause loss of jobs in the American society. Furthermore, effects of importing goods from foreign countries and selling it in local market are discussed.
After taking above criteria into consideration, it is demonstrated that Wal-Mart impacts the American economy badly in long term. In order to recover the damages done to local manufacturers, retail stores and other injured parties/individuals, the American government may impose a protectionist policy.

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 BACKGROUND 1 DISCUSSION 2 CONCLUSION 4 WORKS CITED 5

INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this report is to determine if and why or why not the United States of America may become more protectionist of the American economy than it is currently. In order to decide if harm is being done to American economy in the long term, Wal-Mart’s economic influence on the American economy will be taken into consideration as an example.
BACKGROUND
Wal-Mart is the largest company in the world, in the history. This is proven by numbers, revenue, employees and impacts on the world. The reason of Wal-Mart’s success comes from their motto “Always Low Prices. Always”. There are different arguments about Wal-Mart’s success, existence and strategies. Some people supports the idea that Wal-Mart is destroying the economy by importing cheap products and selling to their own nation more expensive and when doing that they are also damaging local