Tuesday items: Kadlec on Romney's monetary vulnerability; Benko and Blom on gold and the GOP; Ferrra on stable money.

From Forbes, Charles Kadlec argues Mitt Romney’s China currency position is his Achilles Heel.

In Roll Call, Ralph Benko and Andresen Blom argue support for the gold standard will move votes in the GOP primary.

At Forbes, Peter Ferrara pens a terrific defense of a sound and stable dollar.

On The Kudlow Report, Larry discusses Newt Gingrich with a New Hampshire Union-Leader editor:



At The American, James Pethokoukis cites this blog in his analysis of the future of supply-side economics (thanks James).

In The Washington Times, Richard Rahn suggests federal policy has pushed initial public offerings out of America.

From last week, Larry Kudlow covers Art Laffer’s endorsement of Gingrich.

At First Trust, Brian Wesbury sees more good than bad in the 2012 economy.

In The WSJ, Andy Kessler notes the rise of mass market luxury goods.

From last week on Kudlow, Steve Forbes and James Pethokoukis discuss the GOP tax plans:




In Forbes, Nathan Lewis imagines a healthier financial system.

From The Tribune (PK), Zain Raza analyzes the negative impact moving from the gold standard to the dollar standard on Pakistan (h/t: TGSN).

Tuesday summary: Domitrovic contextualizes the recovery; Tamny on the weak dollar; Rutledge sees China inflation as a warning for the U.S.

From Forbes, Brian Domitrovic contextualizes the current recovery's extraordinarily slow growth.

On RCM, John Tamny argues the weak dollar is responsible for the economy’s weakness.

At Forbes, John Rutledge sees China’s inflation as a warning for the U.S.

On The Kudlow Report, Republican candidate Tim Pawlenty highlights his pro-growth message:




The Washington Post notes the President’s softening poll numbers and Mitt Romney’s rise.

From NRO, Kevin Williamson responds to critiques of his focus on austerity versus growth by arguing we need both.

On RCM, Steve Forbes discusses the dollar and gold:




From Bloomberg, Amity Schlaes challenges Paul Krugman’s view of 1937’s recession within the depression.

At The NYT’s Economix blog, Bruce Bartlett suggests U.S. taxes are similar to Western European nations when healthcare costs are included.

In The Washington Post, Glenn Kessler challenges the President on the auto bailouts’ success.

Monday round up: Benko suggests the Fed is keeping unemployment high; Kessler says Obamacare penalizes work; Mitchell on the GOP tax debate.

At Forbes, Ralph Benko suggests Fed policy is keeping unemployment high (with a kind mention of this blog).

From The WSJ, Stanford’s Daniel Kessler explains that Obamacare imposes substantial penalties on working.

Cato’s Dan Mitchell sides with Grover Norquist against Sen. Tom Coburn (OK) on the need to cut taxes commensurate with eliminating tax expenditures.

On The Kudlow Report, Vince Reinhart discusses QE2’s end:




The NY Sun explains to the President that his weak dollar, not speculators, is behind high oil prices.

At International Liberty, Dan Mitchell expresses cautious optimism at the President’s proposed corporate tax rate reduction.

From Mercatus, Veronique de Rugy and Jason Fichtner report federal income taxes paid by quintile:

At The American Thinker, Chuck Roger rebuts Donald Trump’s protectionist rhetoric.

On Forbes, Brink Lindsey argues for innovation and growth.

From The NYT, David Stockman shows no appreciation for pro-growth economics, advocating painful tax increases on the middle class and wealthy, increased capital gains taxes, and means testing entitlements. On the plus side, he does favor a sound dollar:

The culprit here was the combination of ultralow rates of interest at the Federal Reserve and ultralow rates of taxation on capital gains. The former destroyed the nation’s capital markets, fueling huge growth in household and business debt, serial asset bubbles and endless leveraged speculation in equities, commodities, currencies and other assets.

At the same time, the nearly untaxed windfall gains accrued to pure financial speculators, not the backyard inventors envisioned by the Republican-inspired capital-gains tax revolution of 1978. And they happened in an environment of essentially zero inflation, the opposite of the double-digit inflation that justified a lower tax rate on capital gains back then — but which is now simply an obsolete tax subsidy to the rich.

Also in The Times, Paul Krugman wants tax increases.

Monday round up: Grant on the Fed; Tamny on bankruptcy's virtues; Kudlow on the dollar.

Reprinted at Lew Rockwell, the excellent James Grant recounts the regrets of a Federal Reserve founder.

From Forbes, John Tamny suggests bankruptcy is better than bailouts for damaged companies.

On The Kudlow Report, Larry discusses the dollar’s weakness, commodity price inflation, and slower growth:



The NY Sun notes the irony of punishing a gold coin seller while monetary authorities enjoy prominence and prestige.

At Forbes, Steve Forbes explains that government policy distorts the housing market.

From RCM, Joe Calhoun reviews End Game by John Mauldin and Jonathan Tepper on the debt crisis.

Cato’s Dan Mitchell highlights a Center for Freedom and Prosperity video on the Federal Reserve’s historical failures:



In The WSJ, Andy Kessler argues for a stronger dollar by weakening the economy with higher interest rates.

In The Journal, Stephen Moore examines the administration’s budget position.

On NRO, Kevin Williamson notes that increased consumption has China running a trade deficit.

At Institutional Investor, Steve Rosenbush reports the euro’s rise to $1.41. As followers of supply-side guru and Nobel Laureate Robert Mundell will note, he believes if the euro rises significantly it will push the continent back into recession.

The progressive Think Progress blames speculators for high oil prices but omits the falling dollar from its analysis.