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Commentaries tagged with auto industry

August 7, 2022	It Is Time to Face the Facts About Factory JobsThe education and skills of today’s displaced factory workers don’t match the many available jobs nationwide.
December 2, 2018	GM’s Layoffs Are a Warning to Indiana’s Workforce PoliciesFactory jobs are not coming back and manufacturing employment will be a much smaller share of US jobs in the future.
October 22, 2017	Rustbelt Was Losing People Long Before They Lost Factory JobsIn the 1960s, population decline was already evident in the fated Rustbelt cities.
August 23, 2010	Good Reads on America’s Car IndustryConsumers got fed up and foreign competitors clobbered the Big Three
December 29, 2009	Bailout is the Prelude to BankruptcyGM and Chrysler must get rid of job banks, ease a greater share of health care and pension costs to workers and build flexibility into their labor contracts.
August 31, 2009	Irony of Cash for Clunkers PopularityGiven the weariness of the American taxpayer to recent spending, the $4 billion price tag looked like chump change.
June 8, 2009	GM Pushed to BankruptcyThe complicity of management with the UAW is what is meant when speaking of a failed corporate culture.
June 1, 2009	Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan has Unintended ConsequencesTo get this agreement in place, the administration busily demonized 'investors'.
February 23, 2009	CAFÉ Standards Not as Effective as Gas TaxTaxes are unpopular and require an understanding of how markets work.
July 9, 2007	Can the Big Three Come Back?"There are more viable companies in the U.S. market today than at any time since the 1920's ...."
June 12, 2006	Motor Vehicle Jobs: Past or Future? "Can Indiana swim against the tide and gain motor vehicle parts and assembly jobs in the coming years?"
March 13, 2006	What’s Next for Auto Industry Jobs"Despite the rhetoric of workers and executives, salvation is not one “hot” selling product away."
June 10, 2005	The Real Problem with General Motors "Clearly a healthy GM is a good thing for our state. But if we’re ever going to gain ground on the rest of the country in economic growth, we’ve got to start planting some eggs in different baskets."
April 8, 2005	Random Views from an Economist's Perspective "There are 92 counties in Indiana, large and small. Some of them are economic haves, but most are have-not’s."
February 18, 2005	Hard Times for Our Northern Neighbor "For the state that is the center of the automotive universe, headquarters of two of the three largest vehicle manufacturers in the world, you would think that these would be good times for Michigan."
September 26, 2003	Shifting Sands in the Motor Vehicle Industry "For the first time ever, Chrysler has been displaced by Toyota as the third best selling vehicle brand in America ."
February 15, 2002	Indiana's Love-Hate Relationship With Cars "By some accounting, the importance of motor vehicle manufacturing as an employer has shrunk steadily over the last two decades."
November 16, 2001	Changes Afoot in the Auto Industry "The motor vehicle industry, so vital to countless communities around Indiana, is steering into a fierce cross wind these days."

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