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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/17/2008

Cars

— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Jonathan Cohn has the best statement I've seen of the case for a rescue. No illusions -... these are companies that, to a large extent, drove themselves into a ditch. If the economy as a whole were in reasonably good shape and the credit markets were ... (more) Cars

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driftglass.blogspot.com - 11/19/2008

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— driftglass.blogspot.com — Following up on the overwhelmingly popular success of the driftglass plan to save the country from being... Eated by Toxic Mortgages comes the sequel: How to save the U.S. Auto Industry. In our last exciting episode we learned that trying to fix ... (more) In Cars

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Detroit: Same Old, Same Old
The American Scene — ... the New York Times in 1992, making almost the exact same argument as Cohn makes: “Ford and Chrysler have increased the efficiency of their factories and workers so much in recent years that their basic cost of producing a car is now less than that of their Japanese rivals, according to a study published today.” Here’s Fortune in that same year saying that “For the first time in a decade, the U.S. auto industry has a genuine chance to grasp the lead from its Japanese competition. Ford and Chrysler are operating at worldclass efficiency, and General Motors has taken ...

Are We There Yet?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... the New York Times in 1992, making almost the exact same argument as Cohn makes: “Ford and Chrysler have increased the efficiency of their factories and workers so much in recent years that their basic cost of producing a car is now less than that of their Japanese rivals, according to a study published today.” Here’s Fortune in that same year saying that “For the first time in a decade, the U.S. auto industry has a genuine chance to grasp the lead from its Japanese competition. Ford and Chrysler are operating at worldclass efficiency, and General Motors has taken on a new ...