Mase: Economics and Finance

Just saw another example of the role that government incentives play within an economy.   On Friday, I took off on the interesting essay...

People and businesses leverage when an economy expands over an extended period of time.   The last major period of leveraging in the Unit...

Why isn’t the economy expanding at a faster pace?   Why aren’t consumers spending as robustly as they have in the past?   Why aren’t bank...

Isn’t it interesting that highly leveraged institutions and organizations seem to bring out very innovative accounting strategies? It is...

Suggested reading for today: Gillian Tett’s piece in the Financial Times, “ECB rate rise will spark new debate about US tightening.” (http:/...

When I was studying economics, the idea that an economy might face a “liquidity trap” seemed absurd. Basically, the concept of the liquidit...

There is an interesting article inside the Wall Street Journal this morning comparing the fortunes of Brazil and Argentina. (See “Argentina ...

Going into this holiday weekend, we need to take a little time to reflect on the state of the economy and the financial markets. I certainl...

As the United States is gearing up for additional massive efforts in both the areas of monetary and fiscal policy we need to listen to the e...