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Hoover Digest 2011 No. 3
July 13, 2011
Like Striking a Match
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The spark seemed so small. But the Arab autocrats had spent decades heaping up the fuel. By Fouad Ajami.
July 13, 2011
The Roots of a Freedom Agenda
The Arab struggles may be new, but American goals are not. Three recent presidents laid the groundwork. By Peter Berkowitz.
July 13, 2011
Lands of Little Rain
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Drought may not be destiny, but a critical ingredient for democratic societies does seem literally to fall from the skies. By Stephen H. Haber and Victor Menaldo.
July 13, 2011
The Enemies of Our Enemy
We may not yet know what to do about the Islamists fighting in Libya, but we do know not to repeat certain mistakes. By Joseph Felter and Brian Fishman.
July 13, 2011
Tigers of a Different Stripe
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After their revolutionary fever cools, Arabs will have work to do. They could do worse than to emulate the booming Asian nations. By William Ratliff.
July 13, 2011
Trial of a Thousand Years
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Behind the headlines lies an old and basic question: in the clash between Islamism and the nation-state, who will win? By Charles Hill.
July 13, 2011
How Can Inequality Be Good?
If it prodded people to seek greater productivity, higher pay, and a better standard of living. By Gary S. Becker.
July 13, 2011
Why Business Isn't Getting 'In the Game'
Why businesspeople aren’t banking on Washington’s supposedly pro-business overtures. By Stephen H. Haber and F. Scott Kieff.
July 13, 2011
Doctored Numbers
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The key justification for ObamaCare is “cost shifting”—that the insured pay a hidden tax to support the uninsured. But for the most part, such a shift does not, in fact, take place. By John F. Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard, and Daniel P. Kessler.
July 13, 2011
Tear Up That Lousy Contract
The economic crisis did at least one good thing: it forced us all to take a long, hard look at the enormous power of public-employee unions. By Robert J. Barro.
July 13, 2011
America’s Democratic Credentials
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Hoover fellow Michael McFaul, who has the president’s ear on Russia, argues that promoting freedom is both moral and wise.
July 13, 2011
Wishing Away the World
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Foreign policy doesn’t mean righting every wrong. It means acting in our national interest. By Bruce S. Thornton.
July 13, 2011
The Staggering Power of the Teachers' Unions
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A look at the most powerful force in American education—and it isn’t a force for good. By Terry M. Moe.
July 13, 2011
The States Are Back
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Whether racing to the top or sinking in debt (or both), some governors are taking the school-reform baton back from Washington. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
July 13, 2011
Gone Fission
Unreasoning fear is the wrong reaction to the Japanese reactor crisis. We can master the risks and reap the benefits of nuclear power. By Richard A. Epstein.
July 13, 2011
Is Started with the Shah
Hoover fellow Abbas Milani on the rebellions in the Muslim world—and the monarch who set them off. An interview with Charlie Rose.
July 13, 2011
Will Change Come to the House of Saud?
Reforms, if any, will depend on how modernizers and hard-liners settle their differences. By Daniel Pipes.
July 13, 2011
The Kingdom of Caution
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The land where stability vies ceaselessly with stagnation. By Joshua Teitelbaum.
July 13, 2011
Extending an Invitation to Reform
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The United States has always been among the kingdom’s best friends. Who better to help it change? By Leif Eckholm.
July 13, 2011
Race and Economics
What do black Americans need in order to get ahead? A truly free market. By Walter E. Williams.
July 13, 2011
Robert Conquest's Five Books
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Hoover research fellow Robert Conquest was interviewed for the blog FiveBooks (www.fivebooks.com), whose mission is to “invite international experts to recommend the best reading in their given fields of interest.”
July 13, 2011
"A Radical, a Troublemaker..."
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As a scholar and a black American, Walter E. Williams has always been his own map. By Nick Gillespie.
July 13, 2011
The Core of Civic Virtue
Either we teach the young to understand and appreciate their freedom, or we cheat them of their birthright. By William Damon.
July 13, 2011
Honor in the Task
How can we shore up the American work ethic? By honoring good work. By Russell Muirhead.
July 13, 2011
Today's Liberation Technologies
A Cold War lesson that’s entirely relevant today: free people need free information. By A. Ross Johnson.
July 13, 2011
On the Road with Alexis
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New insights into Alexis de Tocqueville, the genius who journeyed into the heart of American exceptionalism. By Harvey C. Mansfield.
July 13, 2011
Tyranny 101
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Who better to coach a would-be dictator than Stalin? The curious episode of a foreign comrade who sought Stalin’s advice—which, of course, came at a cost. By Paul R. Gregory.
July 13, 2011
The Revolutionary Republic
In 1911, China rejected feudalism to enter the modern era. A new Hoover exhibit on a century of change. By Hsiao-ting Lin and Lisa Nguyen.