Thursday update.

Ransquawk.com reports that, “Nobel Economics laureate Robert Mundell says Spain and Portugal need substantial support, adding that QE2 in the US won't cause inflation.”

At Forbes, Steve Forbes notes the absurdity of Ben Bernanke's view that sound money is bad for the economy.

On Fox News, Judy Shelton discusses her new sound money pamphlet:




The Works of Robert A. Mundell website has been upgraded. And here’s the interesting introduction to Monetary Theory.

At The FrumForum, Noah Kristula-Green reports that U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (WI) favors sound money but not a gold standard.

In The WSJ, John F. Cogan and John B. Taylor suggest federal stimulus was offset by lower state funding:




From The Mises Institute, John P. Cochran advocates a decentralized monetary system.

At NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, Dan Mitchell debates tax cuts. (Hat tip: DM)

On The Kudlow Report, Stephen Moore discusses Larry Summers’s statement that failure to pass the tax bill could cause a double-dip recession:




At The American Spectator, Peter Ferrara inveighs against Obamanomics (presumably pre-tax deal).

In The Washington Post, George Will explains why deficit hawks and social conservatives like U.S. Rep. Mike Pence (IN), but omits that supply-siders like him for advocating sound money.