Showing posts with label Murdock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Murdock. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Tuesday items: Murdock on Gingrich's tax plan; Tamny on the weak dollar's role in airline bankruptcies; Laffer on Obama's tax increases.

At NRO, Deroy Murdock applauds Newt Gingrich’s tax plan.

On Forbes, John Tamny explains the weak dollar’s role in bankrupting American Airlines.

In The WSJ, Charles Schwab argues the Fed’s low interest rates are hurting the economy.

From Bloomberg, Philip Coggan suggests China will shape the next Bretton Woods monetary pact.

On The Kudlow Report, Art Laffer discusses the President’s tax increase proposal:



At The American, James Pethokoukis argues unemployment is substantially higher than the official rate indicates.

From First Trust, Brian Wesbury examines falling labor force participation.

On Forbes, Lawrence Hunter suggests the President’s opposition to success is choking the economy.

Saturday Night Live mocks Newt Gingrich’s moon colony idea:



In The Washington Examiner, Mercatus’s Veronique de Rugy counters The New Yorker’s Jonathan Chait on progressive taxes.

The NYT examines Ron Paul’s “flinty” world view.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Weekend round up: Tamny and Woodhill on Greece; Kudlow on the market rally; Lewis says stable money requires gold.

On RCM, John Tamny argues the bailout of Greek debt will damage its ability to recover.

At Forbes, Louis Woodhill compares the Greek austerity mess to Hungary’s successful tax cut, strong currency strategy.

From NRO, Larry Kudlow analyzes last week’s stock market rally.

On The Kudlow Report, Kudlow discusses the economy’s new optimism:




From Forbes, Nathan Lewis explains that truly stable money requires a fix to gold.

On National Review, Deroy Murdock confirms that America’s Founders opposed floating currency.
Dow Jones reports gold becoming a hot political issue.

At Forbes, John Tamny notes oil’s price is far more related to the dollar’s value than its supply.

Also on The Kudlow Report, a panel discusses the small business economy:





IBD critiques the progressive desire for a Keynesian Laffer Curve based on increased spending to generate jobs and growth.

Market Watch’s Howard Gold suggests the economic frameworks of Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes have proved ineffective in the current malaise.

The Economist pressures Republicans to raise taxes.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Weekend update: Lewis on the euro; Calhoun on the post-QE2 dollar; Rutledge on inflation.

From Forbes, Nathan Lewis explains why Europe is better off with a single currency.

On RCM, Joe Calhoun suggests the dollar’s post-QE2 rise will lead to stronger U.S. growth.

At The WSJ, Art Laffer and Stephen Moore report the population shift from forced union states to right-to-work states.

On The Kudlow Report, John Rutledge sees inflation picking up:





From Forbes, Peter Ferrara continues his comparison of Reaganomics with Obamanomics.

On Forbes, Rich Karlgaard explains the importance of economic growth.

At Forbes, Reuven Brenner links the mortgage crisis to government’s interference in credit markets.

On Kudlow, James Pethokoukis and Deroy Murdock discuss the debt limit:





At The Washington Post, Karen Hube recounts the benefits to average families of tax expenditures (h/t: Vlad Signorelli).

The NY Daily News reports that young New Yorkers say they will leave the city due to high taxes and unemployment.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Friday items.

Sorry for the lack of updates this week. Holiday travel has kept me away from the laptop.
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In The WSJ, Alan Reynolds rebuts the claim that U.S. tax policy disproportionately benefits top taxpayers.

At The Future of Capitalism, Reynolds clarifies further.

On Forbes, Ralph Benko sees U.S. Rep. Mike Pence (IN) as the leading pro-growth Republican, and calls for him to run for president.

At The Kudlow Report, Don Luskin examines fears of municipal bond meltdowns:




On RCM, John Tamny defends speculators as vital to healthy markets.

At Forbes, Brian Domitrovic clarifies George H.W. Bush’s “voodoo economics” statement.

On Bloomberg, Dan Mitchell says the tax deal will help business and the economy.

On Fox Business, Steve Forbes analyzes the options for tax reform:



Also in Forbes, Rich Karlgaard explains the secrets of economic health.

On NRO, Michael Barone notes the fastest growth states over the last decade were those without income taxes.

Also at NRO, Deroy Murdock defends top rate tax payers.

On The Freeman, Christopher Lingle disputes the notion that consumption drives economic growth.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Friday round up.

On NRO, Larry Kudlow sees Republicans emerging as the harder money party.

On Asia Times, David Goldman expects Ireland’s bailout not to work.

On Hong Kong TV, Nobel laureate and supply-side guru Robert Mundell assesses the global currency system:



A Heritage Foundation report argues that higher taxes on top earners will hurt the poor and middle class.

At NRO, Deroy Murdock suggests China bashers give it a rest.

Former Bush economist Keith Hennessy enumerates pro-growth policy options.

On The Kudlow Report, Don Luskin discusses market instability:





The WSJ reports Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s defense of his QE plan.

In The Washington Times, University of Mississippi Professor William Shughart critiques QE2.

At Minyanville, David Stockman rebuts Warren Buffet’s defense of government bailouts.

On CafĂ© Hayek, Don Boudreaux seconds George Will’s doubts about the Fed’s dual mandate.