General Motors’ revival under federally financed and controlled restructuring has been surprisingly successful. GM is still employing a lot of Americans, and it is building some models that are apparently good enough to hold their own in an ultra-competitive global car market. What’s more, GM’s rebirth was managed without dumping …
|
|||||
|
In passing the new financial regulation law, Congressional Democrats and the White House were able to surf a wave of populist fury that threatened to drown politicians who appeared to be too chummy with all those nice folks who brought you the financial collapse. But auto dealers, whose lending practices … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: antitrust law, auto franchise laws, Chrysler, contract law, General Motors, James Surowiecki, Jessica Higashiyama | Category: Market Regulation |
 One comment |
Professor Dieter Helm (Oxford) is a very fine fly fisherman, and an even better economist. If you haven’t done so, take a look at his new book “The Carbon Crunch: How We Are Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix It” for a bit of unconventional wisdom. He argues that politicians and the general public have not shown any real interest in addressing climate change. Helm argues that places like Europe should focus on setting a price for carbon that would cover consumption (and not just production), and that fracking could be a good “bridge” technology for reducing consumption of coal. The book is readable and insightful for those interested in the inside track on climate policy. 
   |
||||
|
Copyright © 2013 regulation2point0 - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
