WAL-MART UPDATE….Did Wal-Mart get a sweetheart deal the other day when they agreed to a settlement over charges of violating child labor laws? Or was it just the standard set of conditions imposed in these kinds of cases?

You will be unsurprised to learn that the answer appears to be “sweetheart deal.” Nathan Newman, of course, has the details.

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