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1. The Flat Tax
This new and updated edition of The Flat Tax sets forth the flat-tax plan developed by Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka, senior fellows at the Hoover Institution, who believe it is the most fair, efficient, simple, and workable plan on the table. The plan has withstood the scrutiny of leading experts on taxation and has been enthusiastically endorsed by many of them.
2. A Primer on America's Schools
In this volume the eleven members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education provide a broad overview of the American education system—pulling together basic facts about its structure and operation, identifying key problems that hinder its performance, and offering perspectives on the requirements of genuine reform.
3. Property Rights: A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity
Drawing on the thoughts of various professionals, a blueprint for the nonexpert is presented on how societies can encourage or discourage freedom and prosperity through their property rights institutions. It details step-by-step what property rights are, how they evolve, how they can be protected, and how they promote freedom and prosperity.
4. Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut
Pre-kindergarten is one of the hottest topics in American education in
2009: Which children really need it? How many aren’t getting it? Who
should provide it—and at whose expense? What’s the right balance
between socialization and systematic instruction? Between education
and child care? Where does Head Start fit in? What are reliable markers
of quality in preschool programs? And much, much more.
5. Reacting to the Spending Spree: Policy Changes We Can Afford
In this nine-chapter volume, the authors examine the challenges the Obama administration faces today, and in the foreseeable future, and the administration’s planned responses.
6. Reykjavik Revisited: Steps toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
This preliminary report from Hoover Institution’s "Reykjavik Revisited" conference, held in October 2007, examines the practical steps required to address the nuclear threat and to move toward the goal established by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev at their historic 1986 meeting in Reykjavik: the elimination of nuclear weapons. The distinguished contributors include former officials of the past six administrations and senior scholars and scientific experts on nuclear issues.
The authors offer their views on a range of critical topics, including how to secure nuclear stockpiles and stage reductions toward elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide; confront the challenges of verification and compliance; prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the spread of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing; and terminate reliance on the prompt launch of nuclear-armed missiles and on mutual-assured-destruction strategies. In addition, they explore key issues such as the need for diplomatic efforts where there are regional animosities, and the importance of creating a coalition of nations that will work toward transforming the vision of a world without nuclear weapons into a reality.
This report also includes a letter from Nancy Reagan and the text of an address prepared for the 2007 conference by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Contributors: Steven Andreasen, Bruce G. Blair, Matthew Bunn, Sidney D. Drell, Robert Einhorn, James E. Goodby, Rose Gottemoeller, David Holloway, Edward Ifft, Raymond Jeanloz, Raymond Juzaitis, Max M. Kampelman, Henry A. Kissinger, Jack F. Matlock Jr., John E. McLaughlin, Sam Nunn, William J. Perry, Henry S. Rowen, George P. Shultz, James Timbie
7. Stalin’s Loyal Executioner: People’s Commissar Nikolai Ezhov 1895–1940
For the first time, still-classified Soviet archives reveal the scope of terrorism under Joseph Stalin.
8. Controversial Essays
One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. "This book contains an abundance of wisdom on a large number of economic issues." - Mises Review
9. Lenin's Brain and Other Tales from the Secret Soviet Archives
An enlightening look into the once-secret Soviet state and party archives that Western scholars first gained access to in the early 1990s. Paul Gregory breaks down a decades-old wall of secrecy to reveal intriguing new information on such subjects as Stalin's Great Terror, the day-to-day life of Gulag guards, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the scientific study of Lenin's brain, and other fascinating tales.
10. Beyond the Color Line: New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America
From color-blind to color-consciousness—a counterproductive approach to racial equality?
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