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Elon Musk was right to drop his bungled plan to take Tesla private

  • Written by Erik Gordon, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Elon Musk changed his mind about privatizing Tesla.AP Photo/Paul Sakuma

Elon Musk shocked the world – including his own car company’s board – on Aug. 7 when he tweeted that he had the “funding secured” to take Tesla private. A little more than two weeks of uncertainty, confusion and a wildly fluctuating stock price...

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