Thursday items: Woodhill and Benko on the right gold price; Tamny on the unemployed; Goldman on deflation.

From Forbes, Louis Woodhill argues the proper gold price for dollar relinking should be discovered by markets using transparent rules.

On TGSN, Ralph Benko prefers a market mechanism to find the proper gold price.

At RCM, John Tamny disputes myths about the long-term unemployed.

On The Kudlow Report, David Goldman argues deflationary risk is high:

The NY Sun recounts the last time the Republican platform supported a dollar convertible to gold.

On TGSN, Benko recounts the story of The Gold Bug.

At Seeking Alpha, Jeffrey Rosen discusses the Laffer Curve.

On The Circle Bastiat, Joseph Salerno offers an alternative explanation of the 19^th century financial panics.

The NYT reports China’s falling yuan (h/t: James Pethokoukis).

The Koch Foundation makes the case for economic freedom in 60 seconds:

At The FT, Martin Wolf suggests low tax rates don’t align with productivity and growth.

Tuesday update.

On RCM, John Tamny suggests gold isn’t expensive, the dollar is cheap.

From The Cato Journal in 1983, Alan Reynolds asks, Why Gold?

On The Kudlow Report, Larry Kudlow debates rising gold.



On last week’s Smart Money, Don Luskin overviews gold's move.

From Alhambra Investments, Joseph Y. Calhoun III examines the falling dollar’s impact on the economy.

At Business Insider, Dian Chu explains why raising the yuan would hurt the American and Chinese economies.

The WSJ editorializes on the sluggish economy.



At Forbes, Brian Wesbury sees good signs on the economy.

In The WSJ, Allen Sinai reports on a new study on the cost and impact of zeroing out the capital gains tax.

At Forbes, Steve Forbes predicts the President will yield on tax cuts in the short term.

On Kudlow, Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ) makes the case for extending the tax cuts.



In The Washington Times, Richard Rahn analyzes media criticism of the libertarian Koch brothers.