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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Halftime in America

Chrysler's Super Bowl commercial with Clint Eastwood is getting a lot of attention for its patriotic theme. One problem: an Italian company -- Fiat -- has a majority ownership in Chrysler. This bit of information illustrates a point from our chapter on economic policy: the line between "foreign" and "domestic" companies may often be blurry.