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(LAST 7 DAYS)
1. How to Cure Health Care
The United States spends a mind-boggling percentage of its GDP on a health care system that virtually everyone agrees is a disaster. Is there any way out of this mess? There is—and Hoover fellow Milton Friedman has found it.
2. The Changing American Family
During the past 20 years, the American family has undergone a profound transformation. By Herbert S. Klein.
3. Why Can’t Congress Get More Done?
The 103d Congress was controlled by Democrats. It didn’t accomplish much. The 104th Congress was controlled by Republicans. It didn’t accomplish much either. Why? Hoover fellow David W. Brady joins Hoover visiting scholar Craig Volden in explaining that there are some very good answers.
4. Affirmative Action around the World
Thomas Sowell recently concluded a study of affirmative action programs around the world, from India and Malaysia to Nigeria and the United States. His findings? Such programs have at best a negligible impact on the groups they are intended to assist.
5. Here’s a Second Opinion
Ten reasons why America’s health care system is in better condition
than you might suppose. By Scott W. Atlas.
6. Homework Pays Off
Hoover fellows Hanna Skandera and Richard Sousa on the correlation between homework and academic performance.
7. The Case for Free Trade
In international trade, Hoover fellow Charles Wolf Jr. argues above, deficits don't much matter. Here Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman discuss what does: freedom. A ringing statement of logic and principle.
8. The Decline and Fall of American Education
American education is in serious trouble. Why aren’t we more concerned? By Paul E. Peterson.
9. How FDR Saved Capitalism
During the economic crisis of the 1930s, many expected a socialist revolution. The revolution never came. Why? The man in the White House co-opted the left. By Hoover fellow Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks.
10. Racial Quotas in College Admissions: A Critique of the Bowen and Bok Study
In a new statistical analysis, two former Ivy League presidents argue that racial preferences in college admissions are good for both minorities and society at large. Examining the analysis, however, Hoover fellow Thomas Sowell has discovered that the numbers don’t add up.
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