“The government may seek to ease General Motors into what it calls a ‘controlled’ bankruptcy, somewhere between a prepackaged bankruptcy and court chaos, by persuading at least some creditors to agree to a plan that would cleave the company into two pieces, according to people briefed on the matter. Instead of signing on every creditor as is typically required in prepackaged deals, administration officials are using as leverage the promise of taxpayer financing. Many regard the government as the only lender willing to step up with money — in bankruptcy or out.” (New York Times, Wednesday)
Just rename it Government Motors Corp. and be done with it.
FEE Timely Classic
“Can Industrial Policy Work?” by Frank W. Bubb
