Weekend Wrap Up: Ralph Benko praises Matt O’Brien’s recent Washington Post article on the Fed’s overwhelming political influence; Steve Forbes writes arguments for higher gas taxes run on empty; John Tamny writes floating money ambushed global economy

Monetary Reform

At Forbes.com, Ralph Benko praises Matt O’Brien’s recent Washington Post article on the Fed’s overwhelming political influence.

From Forbes.com, John Tamny writes Switzerland didn’t ambush the global economy, floating money values did.

At CobdenCentre.com, Max Rangeley teaches us about Cydenius.

Steve Hanke writes, at Cato, on how letting the rupiah “float” (the standard euphemism for “sink”) Indonesia’s President Suharto was deposed.

In the WSJ, David Malpass criticizes the ECB for embracing helicopter money.

The NY Sun criticizes the ECB’s “outright monetary transactions.”

From Nasdaq, all eyes are on the Fed after ECB fires monetary bazooka.

Tax

At Forbes.com, Steve Forbes writes arguments for higher gas taxes run on empty.