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Jared Bernstein, Director, Living Standards Program, Economic Policy Institute

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Jared Bernstein is the Director of the Living Standards program at the Economic Policy Institute, a public policy research institution in Washington. He joined EPI in 1992. His latest book is "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)," which follows "All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy." His areas of research include income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, low-wage labor markets and poverty, international comparisons, and the analysis of federal and state economic policies. He is the co-author of eight editions of the book The State of Working America and has published extensively in popular and academic venues, including The New York Times, Washington Post, American Prospect, and Research in Economics and Statistics. He is also a contributor to the financial news station CNBC. He received his PhD. In Social Welfare from Columbia University.

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November 17, 2008 10:59 AM

RE: Should Washington Bail Out Detroit?

Yes, but with strings attached. For the big three (or even just GM, the biggest of the big three) to go under in this environment would be a terrible waste--there's no one out there to pick up the pieces, as would be the case in normal credit environments. Tons of future value added would be lost forever. Value added from the big three?! What am I talking about? As Jon Cohn writes here and Jeff Sachs writes in today's WaPo, the big three actually are moving towards getting their acts together in ways that it would be a mistake for…  Read more
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