The age of Wal-Mart, and the future of waste

There was an interesting front page story recently in the Wall Street Journal about Wal-Mart. The point was fairly straightforward – the age of Wal-Mart has come and gone. As you would expect, the article detailed some of the global retailer’s difficulties of late. But the real centerpiece was the claim that the age of supplying goods at the lowest prices, the Wal-Mart credo, has co...