…an auto industry invested in the status quo, such moves are unlikely in the absence of popular outrage that forces federal action. Convincing Americans to rethink auto regulations—and then get…

…on a handful of those sectors: copper, heavy trucks and lumber, in addition to tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and auto parts. United Autoworkers President Shawn Fain (who backed aspects…

…the auto bailout was to force GM to reduce its capacity to a level where it could be profitable with domestic auto sales of around 10 to 12 million —…

…the American automotive industry goodbye,” Bury’s report quotes Romney as saying in that New York Times op-ed. Destroying the industry by saving it? Meanwhile, an editorial in today’s Washington Post*…

…Detroit’s Big 3 as well as the unionization of the auto industry. The new $600 million facility is projected to create 1000 jobs. Initial reports put subsidies to the company…

James Tilson and Robert E. Prasch follow the money at New Economic Perspectives regarding the AIG bailout and a more accurate sense of costs. “If it’s too good to be…

…and Democracy’s latest assessment of dollars disbursed in the bailout graphically illustrates the extraordinary lengths to which the federal government went to bailout the financial sector. The silence from deficit…

…on record, not just for the financial industry but for any industry, Citigroup said on Monday that it planned to eliminate a staggering 52,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its…

…and stimulate the economy, and, in turn, the financial services industry. As it currently stands, the “bailout” makes no sense, especially given the other actions that largely made it unnecessary….

Ah. Well, now we know what Romney has in mind when he says that GM and Chrysler didn’t need federal bailout funds in late 2008 and early 2009 in order…