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Costco and Wal-Mart Mar. 15, 2017
Dear Mr. Berko: I'm 56, and both my wife and I work in real estate. We have about $285,000 in stocks... Read More
Main Street Shopping and the Internet Sep. 06, 2016
Wal-Mart is seeing the future, and the future isn't more shoppers driving through stop-and-go traffi... Read More
Apple, Wal-Mart and Workers Jun. 22, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: Since getting out of college in 2013, I've been working at Wal-Mart in Florida, maki... Read More
A Vote for Trump Is a Vote Against American Consumers Mar. 11, 2016
As I was listening to Donald Trump's performance art/news conference the other night, I wondered whe... Read More
Buddy, Can You Spare $15 an Hour? Jan. 21, 2016
Two years ago, Thumbtack — a startup that connects consumers with local contractors — co... Read More
Do Remote Bosses Cause Inequality? Sep. 17, 2015
Could there be a reason for the widening pay gap that's not exactly economic? There could be. The em... Read More
Lower Fares No Substitute for Higher Wages Mar. 05, 2015
The idea of helping low-income people by subsidizing their fares on public transportation sounds nob... Read More
Keep Wal-Mart Stock? Oct. 22, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: I invested $10,000 and bought 130 shares of Wal-Mart at $74 two years ago on a recom... Read More
Just a Dollar Sep. 17, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: My broker is excitingly enthusiastic about Dollar Tree because of its pending merger... Read More
Is the Banana Slipping Away? Mar. 16, 2014
Some people lie awake nights worrying about terrorist attacks, giant asteroids crashing into the Ear... Read More
Coming Out on Top Mar. 03, 2014
Last week, I received an email from an online clothing company. The email said they had a sale on "t... Read More
Don't Close Our Post Offices -- Put Them To Work! Feb. 26, 2014
You know what America needs? More jobs, that's what. Not Wal-Mart-style jobettes, but real jobs R... Read More
The highly Educated Working Poor: Adjunct Professors Feb. 05, 2014
There's a growing army of the working poor in our U.S. of A., and big contingents of it are now on t... Read More
Is Wal-Mart a Bacterium? Jan. 08, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: My broker wants me to sell my 2,094 shares of Wal-Mart and use $8,000 of the money t... Read More
Wal-Mart Pension Plan Jan. 01, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: I am 36 and make about $45,000 a year. For 14 years, I have contributed 6 percent of... Read More
Will Americans Pay for American-Made? Dec. 03, 2013
Wow, this T-shirt costs only $8. Great color. Problem is, your finger could punch a hole through it.... Read More
