Showing posts with label Yergin. Show all posts
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Monday round up: Kadlec, Kudlow, Yergin and Wanniski on oil; Ferrara and Mitchell on the growth rate; Moore on the corporate tax rate.

From Forbes, Charles Kadlec explains the falling dollar’s impact on commodity prices.

At NRO, Larry Kudlow argues a stronger dollar would cut the oil price.

On The WSJ, Daniel Yergin suggests current high gas prices are caused by foreign tension and tight supply:



From the archive, Jude Wanniski notes Yergin’s failure to understand the dollar’s impact on oil prices:
When I wrote the energy editorials for the WSJournal between 1974 and 1978, Yergin, just out of school, began his career as a Harvard energy expert by taking up the Malthusian cry that the world was running out of liquid petroleum and natural gas. He didn't know what he was talking about then, and he is no better now, permanently fixed in a drop of liquid amber as an energy pessimist. My optimism rests on my early schooling in geophysics, at UCLA, prior to a segue into political science and journalism. That is why the WSJ editorial page from 1974 to 1978 was arguing that there was no energy problem — that the oil crisis had occurred because Richard Nixon took us off the gold standard in 1971 ~ which led Canadian economist Robert Mundell to predict there would soon be a dramatic increase in the price of oil, and thence all other commodities. Supply-side economics was born out of the "energy crisis."
At Forbes, Peter Ferrara advocates faster growth to raise living standards.

In The NY Post, Dan Mitchell notes the Obama recovery’s slow pace.

From Forbes, John Tamny rebuts Greg Smith’s attack on Goldman Sachs.

In The NY Sun, Ira Stoll reports a union leader moving out of New York City to avoid high taxes.

At The American, James Pethokoukis features a graphic that summarizes what’s wrong with US healthcare.

In The WSJ, Stephen Moore highlights the recall effort against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

On The Kudlow Report, Moore discusses the US corporate tax rate:



The Boston Globe profiles anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist.

The Florida Times-Union reports local drug dealers using Tide detergent as currency.

In The NYT, Christina Romer argues marginal tax rates have limited impact on economic growth.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Thursday items: Reynolds on Romney's tax return; Malpass on Ron Paul; Newt on Reagan.

From IBD, Alan Reynolds explains Mitt Romney’s tax return.

In The WSJ, David Malpass argues the Fed should listen to Ron Paul’s criticism.

The WSJ responds to President Obama’s Buffett Rule would raise the capital gains tax to 1978 level.

On The Kudlow Report, Newt Gingrich defends his support for President Reagan:



In The WSJ, Henry Nau explains the middle class shrank from 1980-2007 because more people became wealthy.

From Bloomberg, Evan Schnidman and Daniel Nadler note the economy’s positive reaction in recent years to a weaker dollar.

In The WSJ, Daniel Yergin suggests the new Thatcher bio-pic misses the pro-growth turnaround she led.

At Fiscal Times, Bruce Bartlett says the flat tax will never fly.