Category Archives: Big Three automakers

The Other Shoe

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Other Shoe”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThere’s a joke they have told in Baghdad for a thousand years. It never gets old to them. It’s the tale of a man who came home to his apartment drunk every night. He would … Continue reading →

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Dear Senator Shelby

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Dear Senator Shelby”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSenator, you’ve been all over cable news lately. I’ve spotted your sound bites delivered from behind your microphone at Detroit bailout hearings. You’ve been waxing rhapsodic about the foreign auto plants in Alabama, and lecturing … Continue reading →

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China May Buy GM if We Don’t

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “China May Buy GM if We Don’t”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailYesterday I made the unthinkable suggestion that Congress should buy the Big Three automakers instead of bailing them out or letting them go into bankruptcy. Today, Emptywheel over at FiredogLake points … Continue reading →

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Don’t Bail Out Detroit. Buy It

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Don’t Bail Out Detroit. Buy It”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRegular readers know my penchant for counter-intuitive thinking. Contrast the prospect of a $25-50 billion bailout of the auto industry with the market capitalization of all three automakers put together: about seven … Continue reading →