Title: RE: [PEN-L] US auto industry to die?
I simply forwarded an editorial from the London ECONOMIST that was apocalyptic, i.e., predicting the death of the big 3 US auto-makers. My headline fit their message.
As for jobs disappearing forever, I don't think so. As I said before, Marx
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:05:55 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
Hmm, the tone on PEN-L is turning apocalyptic - U.S.
auto industry to
die, jobs disappearing forever, etc. This makes me
wonder if the
economy is bottoming out.
Forecasting the death of Detroit is pretty much a
constant across the
I thought that the US auto industry could not survive on its own. The
truck/suv industry is doing ok, but as offshore companies jump into that
market.
Also, the auto companies could look into their ad costs as well.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
The London ECONOMIST blames the predicted imminent demise of the U.S.-based
auto manufacturers on unions.
Economist.com/June 14, 2003
EDITORIALS
Extinction of the car giants
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Worse, retirement now brings its own peril, as every retiree adds to the car
companies' growing pension burden.
Title: RE: [PEN-L] US auto industry to die?
So to cut its labor costs GM management will now back a single-payer
health
care system in the U.S.?
Seth Sandronsky
Back during the Clinton administration, there used to be some businesses that were in favor of a move
Maybe it will get out of auto, the way US Steel got out of steel. Nothing says we have to manufacture anything in this country. At least not until we annihilate the unions root and branch, and American workers have to cross the Rio Grande at night seeking a better life in the Mexican maliquidoras,
Title: US auto industry to die?
The London ECONOMIST blames the predicted imminent demise of the U.S.-based auto manufacturers on unions.
Economist.com/June 14, 2003
EDITORIALS
Extinction of the car giants
MOTOWN is celebrating. One hundred years ago Henry Ford set up in business
