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Great Powers Don’t Mind Their Own Business, They Shape The Future, Says Condoleezza Rice At 2024 Drell Lecture
Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice gave a speech titled “What Does America Stand For?” Rice discussed the economic, political, and military systems championed by the US following World War II, how those systems are being challenged, and what America’s role in the world should be today.
Biden’s Budget Neglects The Military
[Subscription Required] Sequestration and chronic underfunding have opened a yawning gap in American strength and readiness.
Margaret E. Raymond On Proven Results: Highlighting The Benefits Of Charter Schools For Students And Families
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State And Local Pension Funds 2022
This paper provides the status quo and trends of US state and local pension funds as of fiscal year 2022. Reported unfunded pension liabilities increased 46%, to $1.572 trillion, from the previous year. In contrast, the market value of the unfunded liability fell 21% due to substantial increases in risk-free discount rates. Employer contributions increased substantially, partly driven by supplemental contributions related to budgetary surpluses due to pandemic-related relief.
The Atrophy Of American Statecraft
[Subscription Required] The world has entered a period of high crisis. Wars rage in Europe and the Middle East, and the threat of war looms in East Asia. In Russia, China, and North Korea, the United States faces three hostile states with nuclear weapons and, in Iran, another on the verge of acquiring them.
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Birmingham, 1963: Three Witnesses To The Struggle For Civil Rights
Mary Bush, Freeman Hrabowski, and Condoleezza Rice grew up and were classmates together in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, in the late 1950s and early ’60s. We reunited them for a conversation in Birmingham’s Westminster Presbyterian Church, where Rice’s father was pastor during that period.
US Labor Markets Since March 2020: A Conversation With Ayşegül Şahin
Join Steven Davis and Ayşegül Şahin to learn how the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred remote work, instigated the “great resignation,” drove job vacancy rates to all-time highs, restrained overall wage growth, altered the structure of wages, and made it harder for the Fed to assess the state of the labor market. Don’t miss this deep dive into the extraordinary behavior of US labor markets since March 2020.
The State of the Union… And A Biden-Trump Rematch | GoodFellows With Victor Davis Hanson
Following Super Tuesday’s results, with the US presidential election still the better part of eight months away, a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is all but certain. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover senior fellow and author of the soon-to-be-released book The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation, joins Hoover senior fellows John Cochrane and H.R. McMaster to discuss.
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