Autos Archive for The Hearing - An Economic Policy Discussion Moderated by Simon Johnson and James Kwak

Can the Government Manage Car Companies Without Micro-Managing?

John Paul MacDuffie of the University of Pennsylvania and and Susan Helper of Case Western Reserve University filed this guest post. They both work with the International Motor Vehicle Program. Today, two Obama administration officials will be called before...

What's So Bad About Government Intervention?

As the federal government dives headlong into one of the most massive interventions into the private sector in decades - the restructuring of GM through bankruptcy, which will leave the government with a 60 percent ownership stake in the company...

The Showdown Over Chrysler and GM

GM is now likely to follow Chrysler into bankruptcy Monday. But the key issue is not whether it goes into bankruptcy, but what happens once it gets there. The plan, according to both GM and the Treasury Department, is for...

Now An Owner, Government Must Act Like Long-Term Investor in GM, Chrysler

Case Western University economics professor Susan Helper and Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center research director Daniel Luria filed this guest blog post: The U.S. Treasury – and therefore the American public – has become a co-owner of General Motors and Chrysler....

Is Chrysler's Chapter 11 Unconstitutional?

University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School professor David Zaring filed this guest blog post: Would the government-pushed reorganization of Chrysler, in which bondholders could receive less than they would in a liquidation (or some other resolution), be unconstitutional? We may get...

The Hearing Archive: Autos

Can the Government Manage Car Companies Without Micro-Managing?

What's So Bad About Government Intervention?

The Showdown Over Chrysler and GM

Now An Owner, Government Must Act Like Long-Term Investor in GM, Chrysler

Is Chrysler's Chapter 11 Unconstitutional?