Tag Archives: Auto Industry Bailout

Review of Steve Rattner's "Overhaul" on Auto Industry Bailout.

Posted on June 8, 2015 by

Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry by Steven Rattner My rating: 4 of 5 stars A very good accounting of the events surrounding the U.S. Government bailout of the American auto industry. … Continue reading →

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Desperado- Romney Circus Acrobatics on Auto Bailout

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

It is unfortunately true that campaigns of all stripes take liberties with the truth, but Mitt Romney has really pressed the outer limits with the ad below. Romney has been taking heavy fire in Ohio for his position on the … Continue reading →

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Battleground Ohio

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

A new Public Policy poll has some very interesting data from Ohio. Just about everyone agrees that the road for Mitt Romney is much more difficult if he loses Ohio. Romney would really have to run the table on the … Continue reading →

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U.S. Intervention in Auto Markets: Numbers and Politics

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

The U.S. Government’s intervention in the domestic auto market, via their direct assistance to American automakers General Motors and Chrysler in 2009, is receiving some real attention now that we have some results to look at. That attention, with the … Continue reading →

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The President on the Auto Industry

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

With jobs in the news President Obama has been eager to talk about the new found success of the American auto industry. He visited Ohio to highlight the fact that the American auto industry is back to being profitable after … Continue reading →

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President Obama on Revitalized Auto Industry

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

The federal bailout of the auto industry continues to stir strong feelings, but as time evolves the strength of the Obama policy has muted many of the political critics of the federal intervention. And what has happened since the federal … Continue reading →

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The President on the Auto Industry

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

The President talks this week about the rebound in the domestic auto industry, with some good news coming out of both General Motors and Chrysler. G.M. paid back both U.S. and Canadian Government loans five years ahead of schedule, an … Continue reading →

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