Weekend edition: Lewis on tax reform; Bell warns Republicans not to neglect monetary reform; Moore on the GOP jobs plan.

From Forbes, Nathan Lewis examines the pros and cons of the fair and flat taxes, and comes down positively on Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan.

On Forbes, Reuven Brenner explains how companies succeed.

In The Weekly Standard, Jeff Bell counsels Republicans to include monetary reform in their economic message.

At The WSJ, Stephen Moore analyzes the GOP jobs plan:

 

The NY Sun notes the GOP jobs plan doesn’t mention monetary reform.

In The WSJ, Peter Robinson points out that despite a sharp drop in illegal immigration, GOP primary voters remain obsessed with the topic.

From last week, The WSJ reports on Senate votes in favor of the China tariff bill, most disappointingly, Sen. Rob Portman (OH).

In The NYT, Dan Mitchell argues for the flat tax.

On TGSN, Ralph Benko notes support for the gold standard among the Occupy Wall Street protestors.

In The Washington Post, Grover Norquist suggests his taxpayer protection pledge promotes tax reform.

On The Kudlow Report, James Pethokoukis discusses Herman Cain’s rise:

 

In The Washington Post, Mitt Romney reiterates his tough-on-China approach.


At Fiscal Times, Bruce Bartlett argues Mitt Romney can’t beat President Obama.


On COAL, Paul Krugman dismisses Cain’s tax plan and disses Art Laffer's analysis.

Thursday items: The WSJ reports the dollar's rise; Woodhill on the auto industry; Pento sees gold emerging as the world reserve asset.

The WSJ reports the dollar is beginning to rise.

At Forbes, Louis Woodhill explains how regulation and dollar volatility has hurt US automakers.

In The WSJ, Sen. Rob Portman (OH) advocates dollar-for-dollar deficit reduction for every debt ceiling increase. 

On The Kudlow Report, David Malpass discusses Italy’s possible default and its effect on world markets:




At Forbes, Bill Frezza discusses the end of Bretton Woods with George Shultz.

From the archive, Jude Wanniski explains why Nixon left gold.

On Forbes, Michael Pento suggests the current crisis calls for a return to gold as the international reserve currency.

In The WSJ, Charles C. Johnson notes President Coolidge beat recession with tax and spending cuts.

But "nothing" seemed to work. With the tax cuts in place, luxuries of the rich quickly became middle-class, as affordable cars and radios rolled off the assembly line. Industrial titans (and Coolidge-backers) like Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford made unheard-of fortunes. Real annual per-capita income rose 37%, to $716 from $522.

The "Coolidge prosperity," denounced as ephemeral after the 1929 crash, was real for those who experienced it. Coolidge knew this well, telling reporters that "If you can base the economic conditions of the people on their appearance, the way they are dressed, [and] the general appearance of prosperity, I should say it was very good . . . I noticed most of the ladies had on silk dresses and I thought I saw a rather general display of silk stockings."

On RCM, John Tamny reviews Bryan Caplan’s Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids.

In IBD, Mark McKinnon reports the President’s allies hope to spur a third party challenge from Ron Paul in order to split anti-Obama votes.

At The Atlantic, Keynesian Jared Bernstein blames supply-side economics and laissez-faire policies for recent economic troubles but omits the dollar from his analysis.

Tuesday update: Malpass and Moore on capital outflow; Domitrovic on unproductive investment; Benko on gold enthusiasm on the campaign trail.

From The WSJ, David Malpass and Stephen Moore note the outflow of investment capital from the US.

On Forbes, Brian Domitrovic explains that the weak dollar has shunted trillions of dollars out of productive investment into unproductive assets such as commodities.

At Forbes, Ralph Benko reports on gold standard enthusiasm on the campaign trail.

On The Kudlow Report, John Rutledge discusses the stock market and the economy:




At International Liberty, Cato’s Dan Mitchell provides three simple rules for tax reform.

The WSJ applauds the Greek government’s leading supply sider.

Mr. Samaras is calling for a cut in the Greek corporate income tax to 15% from 24%, along with cuts in the personal income-tax rate and taxes on fuel and tourism. In yesterday's interview he argues that lower rates would ease Greece's rampant tax-evasion problem while unleashing the creativity of the private sector. Sounds about right to us. As long as Mr. Samaras is looking for unorthodox ideas, we'd commend to his attention economist Steve Hanke's proposal, outlined on these pages last year, to sharply cut payroll taxes on employers to reduce labor costs and spur job creation. Greece's labor costs have soared over the past decade under union pressure, and those uncompetitive wages are a big part of Greece's sluggish economy.

From Forbes, Lawrence Hunter links the increase in social welfare spending with the decline in net private investment.

On RCM, John Tamny reviews Tim Harford’s Adapt.

At NRO, Mario Loyola notes the folly of soaking the rich.

Also on Kudlow, Stephen Moore and Sen. Rob Portman (OH) discuss the debt and taxes:



TGSN features videos of Lew Lehrman discussing the gold standard.

In The NYT, Bruce Bartlett reveals that Margaret Thatcher’s conservative revolution merely slowed the growth of Britain’s government.

From Bloomberg, Keynesian Brad DeLong argues the US is in a liquidity trap and requires big government spending stimulus to get out.

Tuesday summary: Domitrovic counters Romer; Lehrman and Cannon on the loss of Kemp's district; Halper on rising pro-growth sentiment.

From Forbes, Brian Domitrovic challenges Christina Romer’s claim that floating currencies represent free markets.

In The Washington Times, Lew Lehrman and Frank Cannon suggest the loss of Jack Kemp’s NY congressional district shows Republicans should refocus on jobs and prosperity.

At The Weekly Standard, Daniel Halper reports rising pro-growth emphasis among conservatives.

On Fox News, Steve Forbes advocates deep spending cuts to government:




On The Fiscal Times, Louis Peck explains that federal regulations cost business $1.75 trillion per year.

At NRO, Robert Costa profiles U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (OH) and his jobs agenda.

On Fox Business, John Stossel mediates a budget debate between conservative think tanks Heritage Foundation and AEI:




On Market Watch, Paul B. Farrell argues Reaganomics caused recent economic bubbles and is therefore discredited.

At The NYT, reformed supply sider Bruce Bartlett opposes Republican arguments on taxes.

Thursday items: Woodhill rebuts inequality claims; Moore sees higher tax rates; Cantor on the GOP's growth agenda.

From Forbes, Louis Woodhill rebuts income inequality rhetoric.

At The WSJ, Stephen Moore sees top tax rates combining state and federal taxes climbing to 62 percent.

On The Kudlow Report, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor (VA) discusses the GOP’s jobs and growth agenda, including good ideas on tax rates, but he doesn’t mention stabilizing the dollar:




Bloomberg reports new Sen. Rob Portman (OH) is the leading Republican on economic issues, stressing growth and jobs over spending cuts.

At COAL, Paul Krugman counsels calm on the deficit.

The Washington Post reports the President’s plan to reduce or streamline regulations.

On Kudlow, businessman and tax reform advocate Herman Cain discusses his rise to second place in the Republican presidential primary:




ABC News features U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (WI) standing by his Medicare plan.

On Bloomberg, supply-side guru Robert Mundell suggests Europe will benefit from a lower euro and speaks highly of IMF front-runner Christine Lagarde.

At The Freeman, Gerald O’Driscoll examines the falling dollar’s impact.

The Onion mocks private currency advocates. (Warning: coarse language.)