By Unknown Kamis, 31 Desember 2015 battery electric vehicles CAFE energy costs fuel efficiency market mismatch peak oil vehicle technology Cheap Oil Forever? – Disaster for the (Auto) Industry! Mike Smitka, Economics Dept, Washington and Lee University The global auto industry is placing very large bets on the value of lightweightin...
By Unknown Senin, 21 Desember 2015 Federal Reserve FOMC inflation interest rates Janet Yellen model choice rules versus discretion Thomas Kuhn Really, now: the Fed and "Breaking News"?! Mike Smitka I was having lunch at a brewpub in Kokomo IN last Wednesday (Dec 16) as the multiple screens over the bar proclaimed "break...
By Unknown 09.26 auto OEM Federal Trade Commission Ford franchise dealer FTC James Frost Koslov tesla The FTC Opens the Hood Ruggles December 2015 I hadn’t intended to write this as a standalone piece. And I am guilty of using the title to the post, published on t...