Current:Home > FinanceDo dollar store bans work? -Clarity Finance Guides
Do dollar store bans work?
View
Date:2025-04-18 09:29:44
In recent years, we've seen dozens of cities ban new dollar stores from opening up. The thinking goes, by keeping dollar stores out, it'll be easier to get much-needed grocery stores to come in. On today's show, we visit two cities that have passed dollar store bans, New Orleans and Birmingham, to see if they've worked.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood! (4)
Related
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Mohamed Al Fayed, famed businessman and critic of crash that killed his son and Princess Diana, dies at 94
- Dangerous riptides persist after series of Jersey Shore drownings, rescues
- Breanna Stewart sets WNBA single-season scoring record, Liberty edge Wings
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- Gary Wright, 'Dream Weaver' and 'Love is Alive' singer, dies at 80 after health battle: Reports
- Maya Hawke Roasts Dad Ethan Hawke for Trying to Flirt With Rihanna
- Maker of rapid-fire triggers falsely told customers they are legal, judge says in preliminary ruling
- North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
- Travis Barker Makes Cameo in Son Landon's TikTok After Rushing Home From Blink-182 Tour
Ranking
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- The Ultimatum's Riah Nelson Is Pregnant, Expecting Baby With Trey Brunson
- Burning Man exodus: Hours-long traffic jam stalls festival-goers finally able to leave
- Minnesota seeks unifying symbol to replace state flag considered offensive to Native Americans
- Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
- Why Whoopi Goldberg Missed The View's Season 27 Premiere
- North Carolina’s transportation secretary is retiring; the chief operating officer will succeed him
- Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s Second Daughter’s Initials Revealed
Recommendation
Who's hosting 'Saturday Night Live' tonight? Musical guest, how to watch Dec. 14 episode
The US sent cluster munitions to Ukraine but activists still seek to bolster a treaty banning them
These 21 Affordable Amazon Jewelry Pieces Keep Selling Out
23 people injured after driver crashes car into Denny’s restaurant in Texas
Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
Georgia football staff member Jarvis Jones arrested for speeding and reckless driving
Burning Man festival attendees, finally free to leave, face 7 hours of traffic
Marion Cotillard Is All Of Us Reacting to Those Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner Divorce Rumors