Showing posts with label Sinai. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Wednesday items.

At CNBC, Larry Kudlow writes that dollar decline doesn’t help the economy.

On Gordon Liddy’s radio program, John Tamny
discusses gold and the falling dollar.

From China’s CCTV, Robert Mundell
opposes raising the yuan.

The NY Times’ David Leonhardt
explains several reasons why a higher yuan won’t help the US, but supports doing it anyway. He omits that a significant yuan rise will push down Chinese prices, cancelling out the impact on global trade.

In The LA Times, Peter Navarro – who, oddly, calls himself a supply-sider –
urges Congress to punish China for its yuan/dollar peg.

On Kudlow, David Goldman
debates Fed policy:




At Asia Times, Goldman
comments further.

On Forbes, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)
suggests easy Fed policy enables government debt.

At CNBC, David Malpass
analyzes his Senate campaign and the state of the economy:




Bloomberg’s Amity Schlaes
estimates total top tax rates will rise above 50 percent if the President’s tax proposal takes effect.

At NRO, Kevin Williamson
distinguishes between Keynesian tax rebates and long-term supply side tax cuts.

Also on Kudlow, Allen Sinai
discusses his study on cutting capital gains taxes:




On The Frum Forum, Scott Winship
argues income inequality arguments are overstated.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Tuesday update.

On RCM, John Tamny suggests gold isn’t expensive, the dollar is cheap.

From The Cato Journal in 1983, Alan Reynolds
asks, Why Gold?

On The Kudlow Report, Larry Kudlow
debates rising gold.





On last week’s Smart Money, Don Luskin
overviews gold's move.

From Alhambra Investments, Joseph Y. Calhoun III
examines the falling dollar’s impact on the economy.

At Business Insider, Dian Chu
explains why raising the yuan would hurt the American and Chinese economies.

The WSJ
editorializes on the sluggish economy.



At Forbes, Brian Wesbury sees good signs on the economy.

In The WSJ, Allen Sinai
reports on a new study on the cost and impact of zeroing out the capital gains tax.

At Forbes, Steve Forbes
predicts the President will yield on tax cuts in the short term.

On Kudlow, Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ)
makes the case for extending the tax cuts.






In The Washington Times, Richard Rahn
analyzes media criticism of the libertarian Koch brothers.