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Author: John Mason

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 would be the case eight years ago. Even the Financial Times has as its lead editorial...

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Questions for a Monday Morning

Beginning in 1961 with the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, the United States government has basically operated from a “Keynesian” economic philosophy. The economists that Kennedy brought into his administration were...

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It’s All About Leadership, Stupid!

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 course, took in Wall Street 1.0 again. Among the other Michael Douglas films I reprised,...

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The Long View of China

“Spend enough time with Chinese officials and economists, and you will hear a story about the Japanese yen in the 1980s.” So writes David Leonhardt in “The Long View of China’s Currency”...

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The Dollar and the Fed

The foreign exchange markets seem to have some of the same concerns about United States monetary policy that I do. See my “Oh, No! The Fed Has More Ideas for the Economy”,...

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“Astonishing” Pricing Anomalies

I believe the article “Hedge Funds Reap Rewards from Treasuries” in the Financial Times is a good read for people interested in the financial markets. (See http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5aa3c38-c111-11df-afe0-00144feab49a.html.)The...

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