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General Motors, the Model 20th Century Corporation?

Alfred P. Sloan’s Vision … and Legacy In the beginning, there was Henry Ford. His two brilliant ideas: the Model T (standardization for the masses) and the River Rouge assembly line (mass production of that standard product, now known as “Fordism”) – both symbolize the start, early in the 20th century, of a technological economyContinue reading “General Motors, the Model 20th Century Corporation?”

General Motors, Decline and Fall, 1980-2009

published July 9, 2020 in Warp & Woof General Motors, Decline and Fall, 1980 – 2009 William Sundwick Founded in Flint, Michigan in 1908, the corporation that ushered in the automobile age in America and came to dominate the nation’s industrial economy by the 1970s, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy just after celebrating itsContinue reading “General Motors, Decline and Fall, 1980-2009”

Flint: Lumber to Carriages to Cars

Published September 13, 2018 in Warp & Woof Flint: Lumber to Carriages to Cars The Flint Series, Chapter 1 William Sundwick When I arrived in Flint, Michiganat age six, the city, incorporated in 1855, had already established itself: first as a hub for the central Michigan lumber industry, then earning the appellation “Vehicle City,” thenContinue reading “Flint: Lumber to Carriages to Cars”