Weekend edition: Lehrman calls for GOP unity on gold; The Wash Post reports Newt's link to supply-siders; The NY Sun notes Romney's resistance to gold.

From The NY Sun, Lewis Lehrman encourages Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum to join the sound dollar alliance.

The Washington Post reports the role of leading supply-siders in the Gingrich campaign.

The NY Sun notes Mitt Romney’s resistance to gold in monetary policy.

In Forbes, Ken Repoza quotes Paul Hoffmeister on Ron Paul and monetary policy.

On The Kudlow Report, Stephen Moore discusses rising government benefits:



In The Washington Times, James Bacon analyzes Fed policy and finds himself in agreement with Ron Paul.

From The Cayman Financial Review, former El Salvadoran Minister of Finance Manuel Hinds argues for a return to gold.

On TGSN, Ralph Benko reports the FDR cabinet debate over devaluing the dollar.

At Asia Times, David Goldman notes Egypt is down to $10 billion in reserves.

From TGSN, Benko counters The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein on gold-linked money.

On Kudlow, James Pethokoukis discusses the economy’s weak recovery:



On International Liberty, Dan Mitchell responds to the State of the Union’s tax analysis.

In National Journal, Grover Norquist predicts a crisis if President Obama is re-elected and doesn’t extend the Bush tax cuts.

MarketWatch notes weak dollar advocate C. Fred Bergsten of the Peterson Institute for International Economics will step down as director at year’s end.

At The American, James Pethokoukis explains that US economic growth is way off.

On CNBC, Bruce Bartlett advocates revenue-neutral tax reform with a focus on corporate tax reform:



At The WSJ, Niall Ferguson argues the euro has been flawed since its inception.

The WSJ notes the Fed’s recommitment to loose money.

From First Trust, Brian Wesbury suggests monetary policy remains too loose.

In The WSJ, George Melloan analyzes the recent Japanese trade deficit.

At Business Insider, Dean Baker argues supply-side economics doesn’t work.

From Op-ed News, journalist Robert Parry critiques supply-side economics.

Tuesday summary: Domitrovic on oil prices; Tamny on Stiglitz; Goldman on declining credit.

From Forbes, Brian Domitrovic notes the government profits handsomely from high oil prices.

On RCM, John Tamny critiques Joseph Stiglitz for his recent claims that the top one percent have benefitted in recent years at the expense of others.

At Asia Times, David Goldman suggests declining credit is deflationary.

From Fox News, Steve Forbes discusses tax hike proposals to pay for government benefits:




On Forbes, Charles Kadlec explains the dollar fell during – and because of – Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke’s press conference.

On Reuters, James Pethokoukis reports that all income groups have had substantial wage growth since President Reagan took office:



At NRO, James Glassman argues faster growth, not deficit reduction, is key to American prosperity.

From stevedeace.com, Ralph Benko suggests a gold standard is constitutional money.

The Laffer Center profiles Art Laffer:



From Alhambra Investments, Joe Calhoun notes rising inflation and commodity prices.

At Newsweek, Niall Ferguson says inflation is back.

The WSJ notes wealth Americans pay a higher percentage of total taxes even compared to Europeans (reprinted by House Republicans).

Monday round up: Goldman advocates focus on entrepreneurs; Pethokoukis sees income as a problem; Ron Paul notes the Fed's overseas bailouts.

In Asia Times, David Goldman argues for renewed Republican focus on entrepreneurship.

At Reuters, James Pethokoukis suggests flat incomes, not unemployment, could cost the President re-election.

From The Hill, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (TX) notes the Federal Reserve’s bailouts of foreign banks with ties to hostile nations.

On The Kudlow Report, David Goldman and Don Luskin debate inflation:



In The WSJ, Gary Becker, George Shultz and John Taylor advocate permanent extension of the Bush tax rates.

On RCM, CJ Maloney argues the gold standard is too honest for modern America.

From Newsweek, Niall Ferguson suggests the euro is on the ropes.

In last week’s WSJ, Stephen Moore notes that more Americans work for government than manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining and utilities combined.

Cato’s Dan Mitchell cites an Adam Smith Institute report on the negative impact of England’s higher tax rates.

At Slate, David Weigel reports a new IMF report urging higher taxes to solve the deficit problem.

In The WSJ, Michael Moritz notes the role of high-skill immigrants in Silicon Valley.

At Forbes, Reuven Brenner examines the difficulties of investing in today’s unstable world.

Monday items: Mitchell on Saez study; Benko reports congressional hearing; Ferguson on Japan.

On International Liberty, Dan Mitchell cites research by Prof. Emmanuel Saez that suggests soccer players change their behavior based on tax rates.

From TGSN, Ralph Benko reports a congressional hearing on rising prices featuring James Grant and Lewis Lehrman.

At The Kudlow Report, Niall Ferguson wonders if Japan’s debt burden can handle reconstruction costs and sees similarities in the US to the 1970s:



From Alhambra Investments, Joe Calhoun critiques commentators who see a stimulus opportunity in Japan’s disaster.

At But What The Hell Do I Know, John Papola scolds Keynesians Larry Summers and Paul Krugman for suggesting disasters and war are stimulative. (H/t: Jerry Bowyer.)

In The WSJ, Francis Fukuyama wonders if China’s rising middle class will revolt against its government.

It is certainly true that the dry tinder of social discontent is just as present in China as in the Middle East. The incident that triggered the Tunisian uprising was the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, who had his vegetable cart repeatedly confiscated by the authorities and who was slapped and insulted by the police when he went to complain. This issue dogs all regimes that have neither the rule of law nor public accountability: The authorities routinely fail to respect the dignity of ordinary citizens and run roughshod over their rights. There is no culture in which this sort of behavior is not strongly resented.

This is a huge problem throughout China. A recent report from Jiao Tong University found that there were 72 "major" incidents of social unrest in China in 2010, up 20% over the previous year. Most outside observers would argue that this understates the real number of cases by perhaps a couple of orders of magnitude. Such incidents are hard to count because they often occur in rural areas where reporting is strictly controlled by the Chinese authorities.

Also in The Journal, Edward Chancellor reviews a book that argues China’s state banks have papered over large losses.

In The WSJ, Stephen Moore notes a breakdown in Democratic messaging over budget policy.

At Forbes, John Tamny critiques McDonald’s less fatty menu.

Wednesday round up.

At IBD, Jed Graham explains how growth rates impact fiscal deficits.

Michael J. Boskin debunks the President's economic analysis.

Brian Wesbury predicts solid economic growth.

At Fox News, Greta Van Sustern interviews The WSJ's Stephen Moore.

Rebelyid.com compares Laffer and Krugman.

CEO Jim Prevor rebuts Keynesian Alan Blinder.

Calwatchdog.com analyzes tax rates and budget deficits.

Rich Karlgaard wonders why more pundits don't ask employers why they aren't hiring.

Bloomberg's Caroline Baum examines employment statistics.

At NRO, Amity Schlaes challenges Conrad Black's analysis of FDR.

Megan McArdle suggests substituting spending for tax cuts is weak stimulus.

Newt Gingrich assesses barriers to job creation.

Congress presses the Fed to provide more monetary stimulus.

To increase exports, President Obama will pursue stalled trade deals.

Coin dealers are up in arms about a new tax on gold coins.

This site has a collection of Friedrich von Hayek interviews.

Tuesday items.

John Tamny explains the wealth gap is part of dynamic growth.

Historian and Econoclasts author Brian Domitrovic critiques the financial reform bill.

It’s funny how easy financial reform could be. Stabilize the dollar, and it’ll be amazing how much money will flow into real enterprises instead of hedging. Cut down taxes and loopholes, and all the focus will be on making and selling, at the expense of strategy, artfulness, and the security of too big to fail. If we’re wondering why so many banks look like zombies today, it’s because the spread of the public sector has made so many lending opportunities unreal.

On The Kudlow Report, Rep. Tom Price discusses his proposal to reduce spending and cut taxes.

The WSJ proposes pro-growth policies rather than extended unemployment benefits.

Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith endorses lower taxes, reduced spending and fewer impediments to small business growth.

Author Niall Ferguson challenges Keynesian logic on deficit spending.

Keynesian Brad DeLong sees error in Ferguson's analysis.

Stanford economist John Taylor suggests lower deficits are stimulative.

In The WSJ, Harvard's Martin Feldstein calls for elimination of credits and subsidies in the tax code (full article here).