When supposed national champions sell out the national interest
Airbus
Posted inTransportation
How Boeing Ruined the JetBlue-Spirit Merger
The judge’s ruling in the case revealed all the deficiencies in the manufacturing and distribution of commercial air travel.
Posted inTAP
The Airbus Advantage
Today on TAP: Why Europe’s mixed economy produces safer planes than America’s financialized capitalism
Posted inTransportation
Boeing’s Lobbying Blitz
The airplane maker is scrambling to get a deadline for improving cockpit safety systems on all planes pushed back.
Posted inEconomic Policy
When a National Champion Crashes and Burns
America needs a strong aircraft industry—and better regulation.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Make Passengers Safer? Boeing Just Made Shareholders Richer.
And none more so than their own executives