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Hoover Digest 2012 No. 1
January 23, 2012
Turnaround
In recent years we’ve seen what doesn’t work. Here’s what would. A simple plan for turning the economy around. By John B. Taylor.
January 23, 2012
Historic - But Not in a Good Way
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A presidential report card lists too many promises, too few results, and no sign that the president knows how to learn from his mistakes. By Michael J. Boskin.
January 23, 2012
The Foolishness of Blaming the Private Sector
Politicians were eager to cry “market failure” when the deeper problem was, and remains, government failure. By Gary S. Becker.
January 23, 2012
Giant Steps
A call for bold changes to taxes, entitlements, and spending. By Robert J. Barro.
January 23, 2012
Social Justice and Empty Pockets
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“People before profits” is a perverse idea that ignores the very mechanism by which people are helped. By Richard A. Epstein.
January 23, 2012
Stimulus and the Great Depression
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Neither the New Deal nor the war pulled the economy out of its worst crisis. What did? Wiser policies. By Lee E. Ohanian and Harold L. Cole.
January 23, 2012
Doing Nothing Well
When government refuses to “do something” and instead leaves well enough alone, we’re usually better off. By Thomas Sowell.
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January 23, 2012
Profiles in Political Courage
Clarity of purpose is only half of a winning political strategy. The other half involves a clear understanding of the possible. By Peter Berkowitz.
January 23, 2012
Urging the FCC to Tune In, Drop Out
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This is the new information age, not the old “golden age” of radio. Broadcast anachronisms like “equal time” should sign off for good. By David Davenport.
January 23, 2012
States Are Made, Not Born
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No amount of global clamor will create a Palestinian state. The state of Israel shows what will: hard work, good will, and timing. By Fouad Ajami.
January 23, 2012
Despots Drop the Make-Believe
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Like Vladimir Putin, Ayatollah Khamenei is tired of playing at democracy. By Abbas Milani.
January 23, 2012
The Unfinished Business of Katyn
How Russia and Poland could heal the wounds of a notorious atrocity. By Adam Bosiacki.
January 23, 2012
Puzzling Violence
Democracy may be on the rise in the world, but so is a strange trend: more wars. By Mark Harrison.
January 23, 2012
Diplomats for a New Era
The Foreign Service needs fresh ideas for training American envoys. By Kori N. Schake.
January 23, 2012
Strange Defeat
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The “strategic defeat” of Al-Qaeda? A feel-good story . . . that’s too good to be true. By Amy B. Zegart.
January 23, 2012
A Radical Idea
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What if we could make terrorism uncool? By Jessica Stern.
January 23, 2012
Survival of the Smallest
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Poor data make it seem as if U.S. infant-mortality rates are lagging. Actually, they’re among the world’s best. By Scott W. Atlas.
January 23, 2012
Rotten to the Core
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The myth that our fruits and vegetables are tainted by pesticides is just that—a myth. By Henry I. Miller and Jeff Stier.
January 23, 2012
Math Matters
Another reason to care about how well American schools teach math: a country’s math skills are directly tied to its future wealth. By Eric A. Hanushek and Paul E. Peterson.
January 23, 2012
A Curriculum for the Curious
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Innovators shouldn’t have to drop out of school to follow their dreams, but schools seem almost designed to stand in their way. By William Damon.
January 23, 2012
"Value-Added" and the Whole Child
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All rigor and no joy really does make Jack a dull boy. By Michael J. Petrilli.
January 23, 2012
The U.N.:So Bad It's Almost Beautiful
Powerless, aimless, corrupt: what’s not to like? By Bruce S. Thornton.
January 23, 2012
Doubling the Domino Effect
Europe misreads the deep causes of the financial crisis, and thereby ignores the remedies. By Edward P. Lazear.
January 23, 2012
With Friends Like These...
Europeans still seem eager—not just willing—to believe the worst about us. By Russell A. Berman.
January 23, 2012
The Green Tea Party
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When it comes to the environment, both major parties are lost in the woods. Here’s a platform that makes sense. By Terry L. Anderson.
January 23, 2012
A Doom Deferred
The “population bomb” was a dud. Why won’t the prophets of environmental gloom just go away? By Laura E. Huggins.
January 23, 2012
Thomas Sargent's Rational Expectations
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Hoover’s newest Nobel Prize winner discovered a way to put actual human beings back into economic theory. By Art Rolnick.
January 23, 2012
A World with Genuine Opportunities
Hoover fellow Richard A. Epstein sees economic inequality in the light of incentives, innovation, and mutual gain.
January 23, 2012
This Time is Different
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Paul Ryan is a straight shooter, and health care is his target. An interview with Peter Robinson.
January 23, 2012
Searching for Peter Wrangel
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He was the dashing, doomed general who challenged the Bolsheviks, an icon of a Russia that might have been. By Anthony Kröner.
January 23, 2012
Nazi Family Values
Disturbing keepsakes of the most inhumane figures in history. By David Jacobs.
January 23, 2012
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier . . . Priest
A tale of two treacherous clerics and the communist infiltration of the Vatican. By Donal O’Sullivan.