Overdrive: Who Really Rescued General Motors?

In February of 2009, Steven Rattner was selected by the Obama Administration to oversee the federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. It was not a popular choice. Rattner was a Wall Street financier with no expertise in the automobile business. But, as Rattner makes clear in “Overhaul,” his account of the experience, the critics misunderstood his role.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Oct 25, 2010
Length: 16 minutes (4,200 words)
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