Rauch on the Volt, Risk, and Corporate Culture

Jonathan Rauch, of the Brookings Institution and the Atlantic Monthly, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolution of the Chevy Volt, GM's planned electric car. Due to the transparency of GM's effort, Rauch was able to spend a great deal of time on site at GM writing a piece for the Atlantic Monthly on GM's plans and hopes. Rauch discusses the huge risks, GM's past failures, and GM's hopes that the Volt might change the company's culture. The conversation closes with a discussion of competitors and the implications for energy policy.

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Rauch on the Volt, Risk, and Corporate Culture is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2008 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 58:01 long.

This episode was published on Sep 1, 2008.

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