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(LAST 7 DAYS)
1. Hurley’s Dream
How FDR almost brought democracy to Iran. By Abbas Milani.
2. 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.
3. Dollars to Doughnuts
Lots of Americans are overweight, but obesity is not a public health crisis. By Jay Bhattacharya.
4. The Changing American Family
During the past 20 years, the American family has undergone a profound transformation. By Herbert S. Klein.
5. Getting Off Track
How the government created and prolonged the financial crisis. By
John B. Taylor.
6. A Brief History of Testing and Accountability
How to improve our public schools? Many policymakers argue that we can start by holding students, teachers, schools, and school districts accountable for student performance. This approach may sound perfectly reasonable—but it has the education profession up in arms. By Hoover fellow Diane Ravitch.
7. Don’t Let the Cure Destroy Capitalism
When a diagnosis is too broad, the medicine may do more harm than
good. By Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy.
8. Noam Chomsky, Closet Capitalist
Chomsky talks an anti-capitalist game, but what does he practice? Market economics at their most profitable. By Peter Schweizer.
9. Land of the Clenched Fist
With Hamas in charge, Gaza will never escape its ideological prison.
By Amichai Magen.
10. 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.
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