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null By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.Dec. 1, 2023 5:51 pm ETThe economic boost from the "Eras' tour, her ability to bring joy to fan's lives, and her fairytale romance with Travis Kelce are some of the reasons that Taylor Swift is the best thing to happen in America this year. Images: AP Composite: Mark KellyHer peers in the car business can afford an unscripted moment but the head of General Motors, a company whose political risk every time its chief opens her mouth is comparable to the U.S. president’s, can’t.From time to time, though, when a presidential election is looming and a labor strike is dominating the news, Mary Barra makes a point of emphasizing how much GM’s profits depend on gas-powered pickup trucks, not the electric cars that Washington wants her to build. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8About this articleBusiness World“Business World” deals with business and the world in which business finds itself. It is aimed
Dec. 1, 2023 5:51 pm ET
Her peers in the car business can afford an unscripted moment but the head of General Motors, a company whose political risk every time its chief opens her mouth is comparable to the U.S. president’s, can’t.
From time to time, though, when a presidential election is looming and a labor strike is dominating the news, Mary Barra makes a point of emphasizing how much GM’s profits depend on gas-powered pickup trucks, not the electric cars that Washington wants her to build.
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About this article
Holman W. Jenkins Jr. is a member of the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. He writes the twice-weekly “Business World” column that appears on the paper's op-ed page on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Mr. Jenkins joined the Journal in May 1992 as a writer for the editorial page in New York. In February 1994, he moved to Hong Kong as editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal's editorial page. He returned to the domestic Journal in December 1995 as a member of the paper's editorial board and was based in San Francisco. Mr. Jenkins won a 1997 Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial coverage.
Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Jenkins received a bachelor's degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He was a 1991 journalism fellow at the University of Michigan.
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