Mase: Economics and Finance

I spend a lot of time writing…and talking…about the credit inflation that has taken place in the United States over the past fifty years.  ...

Should there be a QE3 or not? This seems to be the debate now going on given the sluggish performance of the United States economy.  ...

For the past two years or so, my prediction for the cumulative debt of the United States government over the next ten years has been in t...

My estimate for the cumulative deficit over the next 10 years before the Obama budget was announced this week: in excess of $15 trillion. My...

The United States budget deficit will reach $1.48 billion in the 2011 fiscal year, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The respons...

Well, one of my major arguments made it to the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal today, but I didn’t write it: Andy Kessler, a former he...

We have been told for at least two years now that the problems in the banking sector are liquidity problems. But, liquidity problems are ...

With each international meeting it is becoming more and more obvious, the United States is dealing from a weakened hand. The New York Times ...

I got on a Michael Douglas kick this weekend because his new flick “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” was coming out in the theaters. I, of c...

Last month I presented Part 13 of my exit watch of the Federal Reserve. In the summer of 2009, the Fed stated that it was going to remove r...

The quote of Stephen Covey that continues to resonate with me is "As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is t...

The President and Congress just don’t get it! Financial reform is in the air! The bad guys did it and they need to be brought to account! ...

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will meet Thursday with Wang Qishan, the Chinese Vice-Premier responsible for economic affairs. The agenda ...