Tuesday items: Palast bashes Mundell; The Economist on US immigration policy; Kadlec on jobs lost to government policy.

From The Guardian (UK), Greg Palast lambasts "evil genius" Robert Mundell for his euro scheme to force government downsizing.

The Economist reports that America’s competitors do more to welcome entrepreneurial immigrants.

At Forbes, Charles Kadlec analyzes the number of jobs lost due to government policy.

On The Kudlow Report, Gordon Chang of Forbes sees trouble for China’s economy:

At NRO, Larry Kudlow highlights Marco Rubio’s defense of low taxes.

From Alhambra Partners, Joe Calhoun wonders if economic doomsaying has gone too far.

At RCM, John Tamny argues government spending hurts economic growth.

From First Trust, Brian Wesbury hopes the Supreme Court will roll back Obamacare.

On Reason, Steve Chapman argues the Fed is choking the economy with tight money.

From the Heartland Institute, Bret Swanson discusses the federal government’s mishandling of the wireless spectrum.

On Salon, Andrew Leonard uses Bloomberg's report on state income taxes to bash Art Laffer.

In The NYT, Bruce Bartlett tries to talk Republicans into supporting spending stimulus.

Wednesday items: Brooks and The WSJ on tax expenditures; Ferrara on jobs; Goldman on the market rally.

In The NY Times, David Brooks urges Republicans to accept elimination of tax expenditures in exchange for spending cuts.

The WSJ argues Republicans should accept elimination of tax expenditures only if they are tied to tax rate reductions.

At Asia Times, David Goldman continues to see deflationary forces at work in the economy.

On The Kudlow Report, Peter Ferrara debates the jobless recovery:




On Alhambra Investments, Joe Calhoun downplays the market rally.

From First Trust, Brian Wesbury sees economic progress coming.

On Kudlow, David Goldman discusses the economy’s health in light of the market upswing:




IBD analyzes the cost of jobs created by recent years’ stimulus.

At his blog, Stanford’s John Taylor rebuts the claim that larger spending stimulus would have led to better results.

On Salon, Andrew Leonard makes the surprising argument that the current era proves supply-side economics doesn’t work.

TGSN features an amusing William Safire story about Nixon closing the gold window.