…high cost of American health care. I begin by explaining the origin and meaning of the “single payer” label. I will then describe the two defects in S 1129 in…

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

…been predicting that for months. His accounting strikes me as very odd. Last I hear, the total cost of bailouts (including GSEs, AIG, GM and Chrysler) was predicted to be…

…weekend Washington Post column that the auto bailout was a privatization of profits but a socialization of losses. The full post, which is at Annarborist, and is called I Beg…

…critical, while the bailout of the auto industry caused by the fact that the banks spent the money on acquisitions and executive pay instead of lending it, is not critical….

…slumping industry and raised new doubts about when the world’s largest auto market would stabilize. The 26-percent drop in industry-wide auto sales was sharper than expected and coincided with a…

Last February, in the lead-up to the all-important Michigan primary, Romney wrote an op-ed piece in the Detroit News titled “U.S. autos bailout ‘was crony capitalism on a grand scale’.”…

…industry that is a prime candidate for a bailout that puts a tight lease on the self-indulgent management. What’s the phrase, “auto czar“? And that’s even ignoring any national security…

by reader Movie Guy It might be helpful to read the 2007 contracts negotiated between the UAW and GM, Ford, Chrysler. Recommend reading the highlights if not the contracts. Might…

The industrial production report this morning was muddied by the auto parts strike. Overall manufacturing output fell 0.8%, but excluding auto and auto parts manufacturing output fell 0.4%. Because the…