Mase: Economics and Finance

A review and interpretation of current happenings in the world of economics and finance

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Showing posts with label Vikram Pandit. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Shadow of Lula

It is remarkable to see the accolades being heaped on retiring Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Who would have believed this ...

Monday, March 23, 2009

A Lesson from AIG for the Bank Bailout Plan

One of the reasons given for the awarding of bonuses at AIG was the need to keep people around that had “expertise.” That is, if we lose th...

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Banks and Asset Write Offs

Banks are using this time to take substantial write offs against their assets. The time is right for them to do this and the investment com...

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Mase: Economics and Finance: Professional history: Banking--President and CEO of two publically traded financial institutions; Executive Vice President and CFO of another. Academic--Professor at Penn State University and at the Finance Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Government--Special Assistant to Secretary George Romney at Department of Housing and Urban Development; Senior Economist in Federal Reserve System. Entrepreneurial--work in venture capital and other private equity; work with young entrepreneurs in urban environment.

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