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A last ditch effort by G-M to avoid bankruptcy appears to have failed. A plan by the Obama administration would leave taxpayers owning 70% of the automaker: Implications of a GM reorganization for autoworkers, lenders and the U.S. economy.
Neil King, Jr., national reporter, "The Wall Street Journal"
Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
Robert Reich, professor of public policy, University of California, Berkeley and former secretary of labor under President Clinton
Americans get married, divorced, and co-habitate more than people in any other Western country. A sociologist analyzes trends in our personal relationships.
Andrew Cherlin, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University and author of "Public and Private Families."
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