Monday round up: Ryan underscores growth; Forbes on the weak dollar; Ranson on zero interest rates.

From Forbes, Charles Kadlec applauds Mitt Romney’s focus on economic freedom.

In The WSJ, Jason Riley reports conservative Sen. Jim DeMint’s (SC) support for Romney.

At his website, US Rep. Paul Ryan (WI) returns to his supply-side roots with a study, "The Fiscal Effects of FasterGrowth."

On CNBC, Steve Forbes discusses the slow growth economy, the dollar, trade and taxes:



At Forbes, David Ranson explains the negative impact of the zero interest rate policy.

From The American, Bret Swanson highlights technology's impact on economic growth.

At Forbes, John Tamny derides the US attack on China’s rare earths export policy.

On The Kudlow Report, a panel discusses the Fed, the market, and the falling dollar:



The WSJ reports the dollarization of Zimbabwe’s inflation-ravaged economy.

The WSJ notes former flat taxer Gov. Jerry Brown’s (CA) proposal to raise his state’s top tax rate to 13%.

Tuesday round up: Ranson argues gold has downgraded the dollar; Forbes and Reynolds critique S&P; Woodhill explains why tax increases don't work.

From Forbes, David Ranson argues gold, which closed above $1,750 today, confirms S&P’s downgrade.

On BBC, Steve Forbes calls the S&P downgrade a travesty.

From The Cato Institute, Alan Reynolds critiques S&P’s budget analysis.

At NRO, Larry Kudlow suggests Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s rate statement is QE3-lite and sparked today’s market rally, but notes dissension among Fed governors.

On The Kudlow Report, Wayne Angell notes the market turned down immediately after Bernanke’s statement:




The WSJ links the President’s call for higher taxes and more demand-side stimulus to the Dow’s recent fall.

From RCM, Louis Woodhill explains that taxing the rich doesn’t work.

At Alhambra Investments, Joe Calhoun says markets and politicians need to excise the idea that the Fed can rescue the economy and call for a stable gold price.

From yesterday on his blog, Scott Grannis argues the market may have reached bottom.

On Squawk Box, Steve Forbes blames the economy’s malaise on the weak dollar:




At TNR, Jonathan Chait reports Republican opposition to extending the payroll tax cut.

Also from TNR, James Galbraith argues there is no long-term deficit problem.

On Nothing But Truth, John Tamny explains how government action retards economic recovery:

Wednesday update: Hanke on the fed funds rate; Ranson on tax rate stability; Woodhill on growth.

From Cato, Steve Hanke makes the crucial point that the near-zero percent federal funds rate has created a credit crunch.

On Forbes, David Ranson argues federal revenues are maximized by moderate and stable tax rates.

At Forbes, Louis Woodhill stresses fast growth to get unemployment down.

On The Kudlow Report, Rep. Ron Paul (TX), Wayne Angell, and others debate Fed Chairman Bernanke’s speech:




Newt Gingrich’s website features today's speech on Federal Reserve reform.

From First Trust, Brian Wesbury sees inflation signs.

At TGSN, Ralph Benko recounts the story of Scottsman John Law’s disastrous experiment with paper money.

In UK’s IB Times, Gabriel Mueller defends the gold standard.

At Bloomberg, Jim Grant offers a terrific critique of the floating dollar system and the Federal Reserve:




In The WSJ, Stephen Moore reports freshman Sen. Marco Rubio (FL) is a top VP contender.

On International Liberty, Dan Mitchell notes that Herbert Hoover was no budget cutter.

From Bloomberg, conservative Keynesian John Taylor highlights Paul Volcker’s policy of floating the fed funds rate while controlling the money supply.

Thursday round up: Tamny rebuts Mundell; Laffer critiques the President; Henserling talks growth.

At RCM, John Tamny rebuts my WSJ op-ed on Robert Mundell.

From Denver’s Yorktown University graduation, Art Laffer critiques the President’s economic agenda.

The Washington Post reports Mitt Romney’s candidacy as Romney channeling Ronald Reagan due to his focus on growth.

On The Kudlow Report, U.S. Rep. Jeb Henserling (TX) and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich debate jobs and growth:




At NRO, Kevin Williamson responds to Ralph Benko, dismissing fast economic growth and ridiculing the gold standard.

On Forbes, H.C. Wainwright's David Ranson explains that money creation not money circulation spurs inflation.

From Illinois’s Family Taxpayer Association, Stephen Moore discusses unemployment and the debt.

From NRO, Jeff Bell surveys the GOP presidential field.

On Kudlow, former Reagan Assistant Labor Secretary Al Angrisani discusses consumer sentiment and unemployment but emphasizes demand growth:




In The Washington Post, George Will profiles Jon Huntsman as pro-growth but also less interventionist abroad.

CNN reports the Dow’s fall for a second straight day.

Friday update.

Bretton Woods Research argues Republicans have lost political ground by focusing on deficits rather than growth.

At Asia Times, David Goldman believes rising CPI doesn't discount deflation fears.

On The Kudlow Report, Stephen Moore debates the Bush tax cuts.

In The WSJ, Michael Darda suggests tax reform will improve the economy.

H.C. Wainwright's David Ranson analyzes tax revenue and debt.

John Tamny discusses the economy on the John Batchelor radio show.

The Heritage Foundation reports on the effect of tax increases.

The WSJ editorial page remembers Dan Rostenkowski's work on tax reform.

Jon Stewart mocks Republicans for saying they care about deficits but won’t raise taxes.

Wednesday articles.

At RCM, Louis Woodhill makes the essential point that strong growth can overcome the national debt.

On CNBC, David Malpass suggests fiscal, not monetary, policy is needed to restore growth.

At the Peter Peterson-funded Fiscal Times, Bruce Bartlett does a great public service with a list of classic supply-side articles.

Larry Kudlow explains that printing money doesn't create jobs or investment.

On The Kudlow Report, John Tamny discusses the unstable dollar's role in the current malaise.

The WSJ editorial page opposes quantitative easing from the Fed, but cites fiscal policy as the primary obstacle to growth.

Curiously, The Journal also says, "The danger to this fragile recovery isn't that the Fed will repeat its overtightening mistake of 1937-38. With Mr. Bernanke at the helm, there was never even a remote chance of that." Of course, supply-side guru and Nobel Laureate Robert Mundell thinks it was precisely Bernanke's "overtightening mistake" that caused the financial crisis and the Great Recession.

At businessinsider.com, Ben Engebreth finds that tax revenue as a percentage of GDP has been fairly stable for 50 years, and that the rate of growth determines revenue.

Nathan Lewis made a similar point, here. As did David Ranson.

Brian Wesbury argues stimulus spending is ineffective.

At The Heritage Foundation’s Foundry blog, Kathryn Nix cites Art Laffer in defending lower tax rates.

Wednesday articles.

Larry Kudlow sees a new tea-party Senate nucleus forming.

Former Dallas Federal Reserve President Bob McTeer says there can be no inflation because money supply is flat.

More than a decade ago, supply-sider Jude Wanniski pointed out that focusing solely on money supply was a mistake.

Art Laffer argues the low-tax environment of Texas helped it weather the recession.

As noted below, Dave Ranson recently wrote at The Wall Street Journal on the futility of raising taxes. Here’s a similar recent analysis from Nathan Lewis.

David Goldman analyzes the foreign financing of U.S. fiscal deficits.

Monday update.

Dan Mitchell comments on Alan Reynolds’ recent response to Kevin Williamson’s Goodbye Supply Side.

David Ranson says tax rate hikes don’t work at extracting more of the national income.

Rep. Ted Poe (TX) calls for Congress to regulate the dollar’s value.

John Tamny argues that bank bailouts discourage banks from lending.

A year ago, Robert Mundell made comments on the euro that seem awfully prescient.

And here’s a recent interview with Mundell describing the situation (imperfectly translated from Russian).

Wainwright Economics has a paper by John Tamny that explores the myth of the artificially cheap yuan.