A Response to Mina Kimes' "The Sun Tzu at Sears"
This blog is late due to me somehow not hearing the blog was supposed to start on day two of class. I apologize. Using such words as "consiglieri," comparisons to Sun Tzu, and dictator-esk war-like imagery, the author is posing Eddie Lampert to be a ruthless man through initial inspection of the article. It's obvious that this is not going to be a very kind piece before even starting the actual reading. The article makes many assuming claims that are backed mostly by anonymous people. I am not saying the author is making these people up, but we have to assume she is telling the truth as she did not use many names of the people making claims in these interviews. I am personally adverse to anarcho-capitalism, something that Lampert seems to like the idea of. I understand that competition can be a strong factor in driving business, but I think there are other ways of promoting business and technological growth without clawing at the eyes of other businesses. His seemin...