GM: We're on a Short Leash
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.
With a court expected to approve U.S. control of General Motors this week, the company's new CEO Fritz Henderson says his new boss Obama expects a leaner, quicker company.
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.
Goodbye, GM
Michael Moore is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and author. He directed and produced Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko. He has also written seven books, most recently, Mike’s Election Guide 2008.
At the deathbed of General Motors, I find myself filled with-dare I say it-joy. Here are my nine suggestions for transforming the company.
R.I.P., GM
Stephen Miller was obituaries editor for The New York Sun and currently writes Remembrances, the obituaries feature in the Weekend Edition of The Wall Street Journal.
As General Motors prepares to file for bankruptcy, Stephen Miller-obituary writer for The Wall Street Journal-on the colorful and tumultuous life of the once-dominant 101-year-old American company.
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.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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