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The UAW, Xenophobia, and Layin’ Pipe
In conversations with a few people, I’ve had the feeling that the underlying point about the union’s involvement in the auto industry collapse hasn’t quite hit. Perhaps it’s because I haven’t really explained that the problem is due to xenophobia, in essence. The union workers have been afraid of how new things (processes, technologies, etc.) will affect […]
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Getcher American Business Spin-Offs While They’re Hot!
In the last two entries on this blog I discussed what got the American auto industry into this crisis, as well as debunked the myth that the problem is based on SUVs. That’s all well and good, but how do these companies get out of this mess? If GM is losing $6 billion per month, then part […]
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Don’t Blame Fuel Prices, Blame John Denver
After yesterday’s long article about the Big Three and their Big Problems, Scott wrote a thoughtful response. There were a couple of common misperceptions in there regarding SUVs, though. In particular, the misperception that because oil was cheap in the ’90s that boosted the SUV boom. While the fuel prices have certainly had […]
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Who Killed the American Car Company?
The bailout has arrived for the Big 3 amidst relief and criticism from every point of view. The unions have to make unprecedented concessions, and the automakers have to figure out where to go from here. GM and, to a lesser extent, Chrysler, have enough cash to make it for a while. But will this action […]
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My Child, the Breakfast Food
I had another dream which I have since forgotten. Fortunately, my wonderful fiancee has proven her value to me by remembering it after I told to her right as I woke up. Perhaps she recalls this flight of fantasy because it directly involved her. And boy, was she in trouble. She doesn’t remember how it starts, or in […]