Economics 244: Spring 2016
Posted in General Motors, GM, number one, Posts, profit margins, return on assets, sales ranking, Toyota, Volkswagen, and VW
…remember Japan as Number One?… I’m just back from a meeting of the Japan Foundation American Advisory Board, where part of the discussion was on…
Posted in American Motors, bankruptcy, debate, election, General Motors, GM, Jeep, loan guarantees, Romney, and Toledo
…loan guarantees would have given all the gains to Wall Street… David and I blogged in 2009 and then many times since on the so-called…
Posted in bailout, bankruptcy, General Motors, investment bank, restructuring, and Romney
by David Ruggles Amid the political turmoil of election season the rescue of the domestic auto industry by the George W. Bush administration and the…
Posted in bailout, bankruptcy, car czar, Chapter 11, Chapter 7, Chrysler, DIP finance, General Motors, GM, Government Automotive Task Force, TARP, and Warren Buffett
…it was Bush who bailed out GM — Obama forced it into bankruptcy… Steve Rattner’s blog points out a February 27th CNBS interview with Warren…
Posted in Chysler, Euro, Eurxit, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Germany, Grexit, Nissan, OEMs, Opel, Peugeot, Renault, Spain, suppliers, Toyota, Turkey, and Volkswagen
…Eurxit and beyond… The Euro as currently configured is not sustainable, from both an economic and from a political perspective. Spain cannot possibly deflate its…
Posted in Accord, Camry, Chrysler, fixed costs, Ford, General Motors, GM, Honda, Impala, legacy costs, marginal costs, mid-sized cars, profitability, and Toyota
…the Detroit 3 are returning to the midsized-car segment… I’m tossing out back issues of Automotive News to try to fit into a corner office…
Posted in Camry, corporate strategy, dominant firm models, General Motors, GM, Hyundai, Impala, Malibu, microeconomics, product comparisons, Sonata, and Toyota
…economic theory says dominant firms adopt strategies that undermine their dominance … This isn’t an enthusiast site, and I’m not a car guy. My family…
Posted in bailout, bankruptcy, Chapter 11, Chrysler, DIP finance, General Motors, GM, Michigan primary, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum
See the post on my parallel blog, US and Economics on Mitt Romney’s puzzling statements on the government-led bankruptcy of GM and Chrysler. First, as…