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Follow-up to historic study finds small Iowa towns better off with Wal-Mart
Iowa State University economist Ken Stone made headlines in 1988 when he released the first academic study on Wal-Mart's economic impact on the economies of small communities.
Twenty-five years later, the professor emeritus, who retired in 2007, has co-authored a new ISU study that could make another splash, but for different reasons.
In this Feb. 17, 2009 file photo, shoppers leave a Wal-Mart in Danvers, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)
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