Showing posts with label Marcus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marcus. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Monday round up: Lewis on gold; Frezza on trickle-down inflation; Tamny on China's debt purchases.

From Forbes, Nathan Lewis explains the simplicity of gold-linked money.

On RCM, Bill Frezza argues supply-side critics are wrong to oppose sound money.

The NY Sun highlights the decline in confidence in the Federal Reserve even as it becomes more transparent.

On The Kudlow Report, Home Depot Bernie Marcus debates the free enterprise system:



In Forbes, John Tamny critiques a TV show’s bad economics about China and US treasuries.

From FT/Alphaville, Izabella Kaminska notes the world’s move to gold as safe collateral.

In The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol predicts Mitt Romney will win the presidency if he focuses on issues.

At The WSJ, Bill McGurn blames the tax code for a significant increase in US expatriates renouncing their citizenship.



In The WSJ, Stephen Moore reports on Orrin Hatch’s (UT) Tea party primary opponent.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Weekend round up: Lewis on Germany's recovery from hyperinflation; Reynolds rebuts Krugman; Brenner stresses incentives over debt.

From Forbes, Nathan Lewis has an astounding account of how hyperinflationary Germany relinked its currency to gold.

At IBD, Alan Reynolds counters Paul Krugman’s claim that spending austerity damaged Ireland.

In Forbes, Reuven Brenner argues the policy debate should focus on incentives for growth and investment rather than government debt.

At The WSJ, Stephen Moore profiles U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN) who says she is an Art Laffer fan and favors sound currency.

On This Week with Christiane Amanpour, George Will credits Tim Pawlenty with avoiding the austerity trap, as Ronald Reagan did:






At NRO, Larry Kudlow applauds Tim Pawlenty for focusing on 5 percent annual growth.

At Slate, David Weigel, of Journolist fame, celebrates National Review’s Kevin Williamson for ridiculing fast economic growth “magic unicorns.”

Taking a page from Williamson, Washington Post progressive columnist Ruth Marcus critiques Pawlenty’s “magical thinking” on economic growth.

On Bloomberg, National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru doubts Republican tax cut plans will do much to help the middle-class.

On The Kudlow Report, David Malpass sees slow growth continuing:





In The Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer predicts Republicans will focus on stewardship of the economy rather than ideology in 2012.

On NRO, Rich Lowry highlights the unemployment crisis.

From Forbes, Jerry Bowyer analyzes the roots of Keynes’ thinking.

At The WSJ, Stephen Moore notes Republican efforts to ensure against default if the debt ceiling isn’t raised.

Also on This Week, Sen. Richard Shelby (AL) debates supply- vs. demand-side economics, but doesn’t mention the unstable dollar and refers to World War II spending ending the Great Depression:






From Fiscal Times, Bruce Bartlett argues cutting long-term deficits, not lowering tax rates, will increase growth.

On Slate, Annie Lowrey argues the Bush tax cuts were a failure.

From Yahoo Finance, Jeff Macke sees dollar strength causing market and commodity sell offs.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Wednesday items.

Housekeeping notes:

The American Principles Project has initiated the Gold Standard 2012 project, now added under Links.

Thanks to Bob Landry for suggesting Lewis Lehrman’s 1980 paper, “Monetary Policy, the Federal Reserve System, and Gold,” now in the Classic Articles section.
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In The WSJ, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) outlines a growth agenda focused on tax reform, lighter regulation, and spending cuts. Sound money doesn’t rate a mention.

On Smart Money, Don Luskin explains the impact of recent jobs numbers on markets.
At NRO, Larry Kudlow suggests the President is off message on the economy.

On Kudlow, National Review’s Stephen Spruiell debates government's role in the current malaise:




At Forbes, Brian Wesbury advocates patience rather than short term fiscal and monetary stimuli.

On The American Spectator, Peter Ferrara critiques the President’s economic policy.

At CafĂ© Hayek, Don Boudreaux challenges Paul Krugman’s claim that the recent Keynesian spending surge didn’t happen.

On The Kudlow Report, Stephen Moore debates free trade’s impact on jobs:




Investor’s Business Daily applauds Fed Vice Chairman Yellen for her skepticism on quantitative easing.

The Atlas Sound Money Project reposts Reuven Brenner’s 2003 article, “Alan Goldspan.”

The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus hopes Republicans will follow Britain’s Tories with deep spending cuts and tax rate increases.