Milton Friedman at 90

Man of the Century
George F. Will pays tribute to “America’s most consequential public intellectual of the twentieth century.”

Happy Birthday, Milton Friedman
An old friend and former student reflects on how satisfying it must be for Milton Friedman to see how dramatically his ideas have reshaped our world. By Hoover fellow Gary S. Becker.

A Hero of Freedom
In a ceremony at the White House this past May, President George W. Bush honored Milton Friedman for his lifetime achievements. Herewith the president’s remarks.

Education

The Market Can Transform Our Schools
It’s time to bring elementary and secondary education out of the nineteenth century and into the twenty-first. By Hoover fellow Milton Friedman.

The Structure of School Choice
We need the school choice that voucher programs would introduce, but we also need to make certain such voucher programs are properly structured. How government rules can make voucher programs—or break them. By Hoover fellow Terry M. Moe.

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.

Can Money Buy Better Schools?
Is spending more money the way to improve our public schools? In a word, no. By Hoover fellow Hanna Skandera and Hoover associate director Richard Sousa.

Politics

Down to the Wire
The midterm elections this November could well prove the closest in half a century. With control of both houses of Congress hanging in the balance, David W. Brady and Jeremy C. Pope offer their predictions.

Family

Marriage and the Gen-Xer
Hoover fellow Stanley Kurtz on the uncertain future of the American family.

Economics

The Stealth Tax**
Posturing in the wake of corporate scandals, Congress has passed new accounting reform legislation that “contains provisions with the potential to cause more market havoc than a dozen Enrons.” By Clark S. Judge.

How to Restore the Trust
It’s scandal time in corporate America. Hoover overseer Bowen H. "Buzz" McCoy explains how the public trust can be reestablished.

The Poverty Trap
If economists are so smart, why are developing countries so poor? By Hoover fellows Stephen Haber, Douglass C. North, and Barry R. Weingast.

Property Rights

The Essential Right
Hoover fellows Terry L. Anderson and Laura E. Huggins on the right that is essential for a democracy to prosper—the right to property.

Deregulation

Lights Out
Why was there a shortage of power in California? Largely because there was a shortage of common sense. Hoover fellow James L. Sweeney derives lessons from the energy crisis.

Technology

How Government Stunted an Industry
As it turns 20, how healthy is the biopharmaceutical industry? That depends on how you define “healthy.” By Hoover fellow Henry I. Miller.

The War on Terror

New York, New York
How the city has changed—and how it never will. By John Corry.

The Bush Doctrine
Hoover fellow Tod Lindberg on George W. Bush’s new new world order.

Act Now
The danger is immediate. Saddam Hussein must be removed. By Hoover fellow George P. Shultz.

After Saddam, What?
The United States needs to fight a broad war on terror—not simply a war on Saddam Hussein. By Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.

What Went Right in the West—and Wrong in Islam
The West—and the United States in particular—has before it a battle that it must win if civilization is to prosper. Jeffrey Hart places the war on terror in historical context.

Reversing the Tide of Radical Islam
There is no substitute for victory in the war on terror. By Daniel Pipes.

National Security

Deep Cover
Bruce Berkowitz on the challenges the U.S. intelligence community faces in the war on terror.

The Middle East

The Needless Intifada
How Yasir Arafat’s deadly gamble failed. A firsthand report from the Middle East by Hoover fellow Robert Zelnick.
SIDEBAR: Defiant Normalcy.

Britain

Scrapping the Pound
A referendum on the euro is likely within a year. Is the pound sterling doomed? An assessment by Kurt Keilhacker and Hoover fellow Gerald A. Dorfman.

Coronation Memories
In Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee year of 2002, Gerald A. Dorfman reflects on the Anglophilia that struck his small New England town during the queen’s coronation in 1952.

History and Culture

Patriotism of a Higher Order
What’s so great about America? Reflections on his adopted country by Dinesh D’Souza—Bombay native, American citizen, and Hoover fellow.

Ronald Reagan’s One Big Thing
How Ronald Reagan won the Cold War. By Hoover fellow Peter Schweizer.

Down in Flames
How Japanese naval air power went down to defeat. A study of the Second World War by Hoover fellow Mark R. Peattie.

Archives

The Big Show in Bololand
In 1921, Herbert Hoover’s American Relief Administration staged a campaign to battle a devastating famine in Soviet Russia. Hoover fellow Bertrand M. Patenaude examines a little-known chapter in the history of American-Soviet relations.