Weekend edition: Domitrovic on Friedman; Luskin on the 2013 tax cliff; Moore on Keynesianism.

From Liberty Law, Brian Domitrovic explains the damaging impact of Milton Friedman’s opposition to the gold standard and floating exchange rates.

In The WSJ, Don Luskin highlights the negative incentive effect of 2013’s tax rate increases.

On The Kudlow Report, Stephen Moore debates Keynesian economics:



The WSJ reports the decline in labor force participation to 1981’s level.

At The American, James Pethokoukis suggests the true unemployment rate is 11.1%.

IBD explains that unemployment is substantially higher than the official number.

In The WSJ, Holman Jenkins argues the best solution for the eurozone crisis is for Germany and other strong economies to withdraw and establish a new currency:

Can we admit now the simple lesson is against excessive debt? Don't be impressed by those who protest that Spain and Ireland were brought down by private-sector extravagance. If we've learned anything, in a debt crisis the distinction between public and private disappears. Too, a closer look shows the Irish state an intimate participant in Ireland's housing boom, collecting 40% of the price of every new home in taxes. In Spain, regional governments owned or controlled the lenders that financed the construction binge.

A fixed exchange rate system is an especially unforgiving environment for a welfare state that destroys its ability to create wealth. But the universal lesson is: Don't be a welfare state that destroys its ability to create wealth.

In Forbes, Peter Ferrara argues Mitt Romney’s economic platform is practical versus the President’s extremism.

At The American, Pethokoukis refutes Paul Krugman’s claim that wealth inequality contributed to the credit boom.

On International Liberty, Dan Mitchell notes an example of the Laffer Curve at work.

At Forbes, Nathan Lewis examines how to modernize Social Security.

From Bloomberg, James Grant discusses the Fed and markets:



In The NY Review of Books, Paul Krugman advocates higher deficits and inflation.