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Weekend Round Up: The NYT and Ylan Mui report on Yellen’s confirmation hearing; Steve Forbes details the bankruptcy of modern economies; David Lynch and Peter Robinson report Republicans are asserting a reliance on gold.

Politics and Government On CNN Money, Dan Mitchell reveals the secret negotiations for internet freedom. In Forbes.com, John Tamny writes the markets think settled global

November 17, 2013

Thursday Highlights: George Will details the enigma of Janet Yellen; Andrew Huszar gives the confessions of a quantitative easer; Ralph Benko writes Obamacare should have Obama and Biden considering resignation.

Politics and Government On Forbes.com, Ralph Benko writes the Obamacare debacle should have Obama and Biden seriously considering resignation. On Forbes.com John Tamny says President

November 14, 2013

Monday Update: Jerry Bowyer details his conversation with Allan Meltzer on why South Korea thrives while North Korea starves; former Deputy Director of IMF believes markets focused on Fed; Jon Decker praises Kurt Shuler’s new book “The Bretton Woods Transcripts”

***The Cato Institute’s 31st Annual Monetary Conference will take place Thursday, November 14th from 9:00 a.m.-6:15 p.m. Speakers include Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee

November 11, 2013

Tuesday News: Time Magazine details why Christie didn’t get picked by Romney; Steve Forbes asks if economic big shots have gone mad; John Tamny says extreme Republicans have nothing on Democrat opposites; Ralph Benk writes Mr. Obama, I am unhappy Obamacare threatens to kill me

***The Cato Institute’s 31st Annual Monetary Conference will take place Thursday, November 14th from 9:00 a.m.-6:15 p.m. Speakers include Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee

November 5, 2013

Saturday News: Ezra Klein says Obamacare’s problems are much deeper than the website; Kate Zernike exposes Christie’s budget strategies; Dan Freed explains how the free market has kept debtors in their homes.

Politics and Government In The NY Times, Kate Zernike exposesChristie for embracing budget strategies he previously scorned as a candidate. At The Street, Dan Freed

November 3, 2013

Wednesday Highlights: Lewis Lehrman discusses the importance of returning to the gold standard; Brian Domitrovic writes Yellen stands for something that has never worked; Steve Forbes asks if George Gilder is the new Adam Smith; Ralph Benko says the next big issue will be following the shrinking money, flags APIA’s report calling for the Centennial Monetary Commission

Politics and Government From Forbes.com, Steve Forbes asks is George Gilder is the new Adam Smith? In Forbes.com, John Tamny responds to Mark Steyn’s ‘American

October 30, 2013

Weekend Wrap Up: William Tucker explains how the dollar could eventually collapse; Brian Doherty responds to Matthew Yglesias column on the gold standard.

Monetary Reform In The American Spectator, William Tucker explains how the dollar could eventually collapse. “But the real danger lies in the dollar’s role as

October 27, 2013

Wednesday Update: Steve Forbes says Yellen and The Fed have much to answer for; Ralph Benko recaps Niall Ferguson’s public flogging of Paul Krugman; From Forbes.com, Jerry Bowyer hosts a friendly debate with Allan Meltzer on the gold standard; John Tamny writes ‘no Alan Greenspan, economists don’t know anything’

Politics and Government From Forbes.com, Ralph Benko recaps the story that is bigger than the government shutdown: Niall Ferguson’s public flogging of Paul Krugman. Larry

October 23, 2013

Thursday News: Cato’s James Dorn in Forbes.com argues against the Fed and for the proposed Monetary Commission, The World Magazine weighs in on the gold standard and monetary commission; Jim Grant says the gold standard is the obvious way forward

Politics and Government Huffington Post turns on Obamacare The Daily Reckoning presents a second excerpt of Ralph Benko’s essay ‘The Political Consequences of Peace’ —

October 21, 2013

Tuesday Highlights: Bret Stephens writes anyone who thinks America’s best days are behind it should take a close look at the latest nobel haul; Steve Forbes writes Yellen and The Fed have much to answer for; John Tamny says Austin reveals the genius of open immigration

Politics and Government In The WSJ, Bret Stephens writes anyone who thinks America’s best days are behind it should take a close look at the

October 15, 2013