P.J. O'Rourke's Ride on the Wild Side
Marty Beckerman is the author of Generation S.L.U.T. (MTV Books) and Dumbocracy (Disinformation). He has written for Playboy, Discover, Radar and Huffington Post. His website is www.MartyBeckerman.com.
The bestselling humorist talks to Marty Beckerman about his new car anthology, Driving Like Crazy-plus how the GM takeover is like an addiction, and why he didn't get killed as a globetrotting reporter.
Can Price Hikes Save GM?
Susan Helper is Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University and a Research Associate of the International Motor Vehicle Program.
John Paul MacDuffie is Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and co-director of the International Motor Vehicle Program.
General Motors problem isn't costs-it's the low price it has to charge for its products. Here's a prescription for how GM can sell more cars, for more money, and turn a profit for taxpayers.
3 Things Ford Can Teach the Rest of Detroit
John P. Avlon writes a column for The Daily Beast and is author of the forthcoming Attack of the Wingnuts, to be published in January by Beast Books. He is also the author of Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics. Previously, he served as chief speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and was a columnist and associate editor for The New York Sun.
While General Motors and Chrysler soak taxpayers for billions of dollars, the other member of the not-so-Big Three, Ford, provides an instructive lesson in leadership.
Chrysler's Next Move
Paul A. Eisenstein is a veteran journalist who has won numerous awards for his work during 30 years covering the automotive industry. He is founder and editor of TheDetroitBureau.com, an online magazine serving as the voice of the auto industry. His work also appears in a variety of print, online and broadcast outlets that include: The Economist, Agence France Presse, NPR, Motor Trend, Cigar Aficionado, Japan's Diamond Weekly, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, and many others.
Now that Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, what does the road ahead hold? Paul Eisenstein maps out the company's future and says it may be rolling again by mid-summer.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
Jolie hunt is the global head of public relations for Thomson Reuters, appointed April 2008. Prior to that she served as global director of corporate and business affairs for IBM Corporation She was the director of PR for the Financial Times. She lives between New York and London.
John Barrasso is the junior senator from Wyoming.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
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