Monday items: Multiple authors mark the fiat dollar's 40th birthday; Tamny debates the dollar; Buffett advocates higher taxes.

A number of articles today mark the 40th anniversary of President Nixon severing the dollar from gold:

• The WSJ, Lewis Lehrman
• Forbes, Brian Domitrovic
• The Washington Examiner, Jeffrey Bell
• CNBC, Ralph Benko
• RCM, John Tamny
• TGSN, an open letter, multiple signatories
• The Telegraph (UK), Edmund Conway
• AEI’s The American, John A. Allison and John L. Chapman
• The NY Sun, editorial page

On The Kudlow Report, John Tamny debates gold and the dollar:




The Heritage Foundation advertises an October conference on dollar stability.

On Asia Times, David Goldman defends Wall Street against populist scapegoating.

In The NYT, billionaire investor Warren Buffett advocates higher taxes on the wealthy.

Also on Kudlow, Stephen Moore discusses Buffett’s article:

 


From The Freeman, Mark Skousen disputes the idea that consumer spending drives the economy.

At COAL, Paul Krugman sees inflation fears fading.

Tuesday items.

John Tamny diagnoses the harm done by floating currencies.

Larry Kudlow comments on today's Federal Reserve leak that it will not allow its balance sheet to shrink as mortgage bonds mature.

On his program, Kudlow debates David Stockman.

At Barron’s, Randall Forsyth argues David Stockman’s tax hike solution is Herbert Hoover redux. Unfortunately, Forsyth also defends Milton Friedman's support for floating exchange rates.

At The Financial Times, Jeremy Warner pans Alan Greenspan's record as an economic forecaster.

At The American Thinker, Fred Douglass reports Paul Krugman's amusing struggles with his blog commenters.

From FEE, Mark Skousen refutes the Keynesian notion that consumer spending drives the economy.

At the PBS Newshour, Mark Zandi and John Taylor discuss the merits of the stimulus.