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Steven Rattner: Inside the Auto-Industry Rescue

It's first quarter 2009 and the US economy is virtually in freefall. President Obama, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and chief economic advisor Larry Summers faced the possibility of 3-4 million lost jobs in the auto sector, and bankruptcies at GM and Chrysler, two iconic American manufacturers in perhaps the country's most iconic industry. As head of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, former New York Times reporter and private equity executive, was at the center of the crisis, and his latest book—Overhaul—offers a brutally frank look at the political brinkmanship, corporate mismanagement, and personalities under pressure that informed one of the most critical—and controversial—moments of the Obama presidency. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store. Series media sponsorship provided by PubliCola. Series supported by The Boeing Company Charitable Trust and the RealNetworks Foundation.