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Cars and Houses: The Dying American Suburb

September 4, 2009 – 6:00 am

Today’s podcast focuses on why you’d ever want a Cadillac, and what the housing-market collapse has done in the hardest-hit areas in the country — specifically, suburban California. Are suburbs really halving in value? What are the societal ramifications of it not making economic sense to live in suburbs?

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments

The PUMA: GM Has a Good PR Day

April 8, 2009 – 8:45 am

The history of America’s postwar economic and social development, as much as anything else, is the story of the automobile. Not for nothing, and with substantial justification, did GM’s then-president tell Congress in 1954 that “What’s good for GM is what’s good for America.” But is the PUMA good for GM? And is it good for America?

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments
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