In a scenario that looks uncannily like the spread of a global pandemic, the economist Thomas Holmes has prepared a dynamic map simulation showing the spread of Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States. Starting at the epicenter in Bentonville, Arkansas, where Sam Walton opened his first store in 1962, giant boxy Wal-Mart stores have now multiplied to the point where the average American lives less than seven kilometers from an outlet.
你是否知道哪一个录像片马上会令世界各地的决策者大惊失色？经济学家托马斯·赫尔姆斯准备了一个展示沃尔玛商店席卷美国的动画地图模拟片，这一景象令人惊讶，看似就像是一场全球性的传染病。1962年创始之初，山姆·沃顿在美国阿肯色州的本顿维尔老家开设了他的第一家店铺，现在，外表四四方方、巨大无比的沃尔玛商店已经翻倍增长，普通美国人的住家距离其中一家商店不到七公里。