Showing posts with label stimulus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stimulus. Show all posts

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tuesday items.

In Forbes, Steve Forbes explains the weak dollar's role in the current malaise.

The WSJ editorializes that increased regulation and spending, likely tax hikes, and anti-business rhetoric are holding down the economy.

At Asia Times, David Goldman says Obamacare is depressing employment.

On the Kudlow Report, Stephen Moore debates eliminating corporate tax rates:


At The NY Post, Cato's Alan Reynolds argues more spending stimulus will not work.

At Bloomberg, Kevin Hassett suggests lower wages would raise employment.

At Cafe Hayek, Donald J. Boudreaux rebuts the Keynesian claim that World War II spending ended the Great Depression.

Larry Kudlow
applauds the President's proposal for 100 percent corporate investment write offs.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Thursday items.

At China's People's Daily, Robert Mundell and Ronald McKinnon support yuan stability.

At the Kudlow Report, James Pethokoukis discusses the coming tax and stimulus spending debate.


At Frum Forum, Tim Mak interviews Art Laffer on the President’s agenda.

Bruce Bartlett lists prominent online monetary economists.


Larry Kudlow suggests the climate is improving for business.


At RCM, John Tamny reviews Too Big to Fail.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Monday update.

In Forbes, John Tamny sees housing weakness as key to economic recovery.


At MarketWatch, Andy Xie argues loose money in the developed economies will raise inflation in emerging markets, which will then flow to developed economies.


Cato's Alan Reynolds rebuts the idea that inflation is impossible due to high unemployment.


In The WSJ, Hong Kong official Julia Yeung highlights China's steps towards yuan convertibility.


On Fox News, Todd Buchholz believes stimulus spending has damaged the economy.



At Big Government, Dan Mitchell critiques CBO's economic model for ignoring incentives.

At Bloomberg, Kevin Hassett suggests Keynesianism is the real voodoo economics.


NRO's Kevin Williamson questions whether the lack of an inverted yield curve mean the economy is recovering.


At Cafe Hayek, Don Boudreaux explains how higher Social Security taxes impact employment.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Weekend edition.

Larry Kudlow suggests Democrats may go for a big new stimulus package.

The John Batchelor radio show features Kudlow, David Malpass and John Tamny.

Nathan Lewis supports Rep. Paul Ryan's roadmap but wishes it went further.

Dan Mitchell continues to debate Reaganomics.

Don Luskin is optimistic on the economy.

The Huffington Post features depressing unemployment charts.

At Fortune, Colin Barr chronicles the dollar's recent decline.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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.


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Wednesday round up.

At IBD, Jed Graham explains how growth rates impact fiscal deficits.

Michael J. Boskin debunks the President's economic analysis.


Brian Wesbury predicts solid economic growth.


At Fox News, Greta Van Sustern interviews The WSJ's Stephen Moore.


Rebelyid.com compares Laffer and Krugman.


CEO Jim Prevor rebuts Keynesian Alan Blinder.


Calwatchdog.com analyzes tax rates and budget deficits.


Rich Karlgaard wonders why more pundits don't ask employers why they aren't hiring.


Bloomberg's Caroline Baum examines employment statistics.


At NRO, Amity Schlaes challenges Conrad Black's analysis of FDR.


Megan McArdle suggests substituting spending for tax cuts is weak stimulus.


Newt Gingrich assesses barriers to job creation.


Congress presses the Fed to provide more monetary stimulus.


To increase exports, President Obama will pursue stalled trade deals.


Coin dealers are up in arms about a new tax on gold coins.


This site has a collection of Friedrich von Hayek interviews.


Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Tuesday items.

John Tamny explains the wealth gap is part of dynamic growth.


Historian and Econoclasts author Brian Domitrovic critiques the financial reform bill.

It’s funny how easy financial reform could be. Stabilize the dollar, and it’ll be amazing how much money will flow into real enterprises instead of hedging. Cut down taxes and loopholes, and all the focus will be on making and selling, at the expense of strategy, artfulness, and the security of too big to fail. If we’re wondering why so many banks look like zombies today, it’s because the spread of the public sector has made so many lending opportunities unreal.


On The Kudlow Report, Rep. Tom Price discusses his proposal to reduce spending and cut taxes.


The WSJ proposes pro-growth policies rather than extended unemployment benefits.


Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith endorses lower taxes, reduced spending and fewer impediments to small business growth.


Author Niall Ferguson challenges Keynesian logic on deficit spending.


Keynesian Brad DeLong sees error in Ferguson's analysis.


Stanford economist John Taylor suggests lower deficits are stimulative.

In The WSJ, Harvard's Martin Feldstein calls for elimination of credits and subsidies in the tax code (full article here).


Sunday, July 18, 2010

Weekend round up.

The WSJ's Stephen Moore reports on the House Republican budget plan.

David Goldman is bearish on financial stocks.

At Seeking Alpha, Dian L. Chu rebuts Paul Kruman's Keyneisan success story in Iceland.

Don Luskin is holding onto his gold.

Paul Craig Roberts suggests libertarians should appreciate supply-side economics more.

The Atlas Economic Research Foundation defends free trade.

Ezra Klein suggests Democrats may extend some Bush tax cuts.

NRO's Reihan Salam validates deficit worries.

The NY Post debunks claims of stimulus success.