What can we do about the federal debt

John M. Mason writes about current monetary and financial events. He is the founder and CEO of New Finance, LLC. Dr. Mason has served as president and CEO of two publicly traded financial institutions and as executive vice president and chief financial officer of a third. He has also served as special assistant to the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., and as a senior economist at the Federal Reserve System. He previously taught at the Department of Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and was a professor at Penn State University, teaching in both the Department of Management and the Department of Engineering. Dr. Mason has served on the boards of venture capital and other private equity funds. He has worked with young entrepreneurs, particularly in urban settings, who are starting or operating companies primarily related to information technology.

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