Mase: Economics and Finance

Martin Wolf of the Financial Times recently returned from vacation.    It is interesting to see where this “top” economic co...

The Great Recession is over. Remember, the recession ended in June 2009 getting close to two years ago. To many, it sure doesn’t feel like ...

All research seems to indicate that, over time and everywhere, inflation is a monetary phenomenon. If this is true then we need to take some...

Keynesian demand-side economics still rules the minds of the policy makers in Washington, D. C. Their actions and their analysis continually...

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...

The Obama administration is going to have to make a decision soon…is it going to try and commit to a program that will actually do something...

The Obama stimulus plan totals $825 billion. This plan is a combination of spending plans and tax relief. The dollar amount needed to be l...

Banking is a commodity business. Banking deals with information…I am holding $100.00of yours in something called a transaction account…I am...

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...

More and more we see concern being expressed about the deteriorating real economy and less emphasis being placed on the crises within the fi...

It is official now…the United States has been in recession since December 2007! Right now the current recession is the third longest recess...

Let’s start with the bad news first. I believe that we are in for an extended period of economic adjustment. This will take time for we ar...

Is the United States flying into a period of economic turmoil that one can only describe as a Bermuda Triangle? Financial institutions are ...