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Hoover Digest by topic: Macroeconomics

October 12, 2011

Canadian Hat Trick

Canadian budget
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Ottawa quietly slashed federal debt, cut spending, and returned to budget surpluses. How? Not by reading Keynes. By David R. Henderson.

July 13, 2011

Trial of a Thousand Years

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in 1980
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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

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.

March 29, 2011

Focus on the Fed

Stimulus candy bowl
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Although under intense political pressure, the Federal Reserve needs to return to its apolitical core mission: monetary stability. By John B. Taylor and Paul D. Ryan.

March 29, 2011

Hold the High Ground

In Washington, many are struggling to control spending and cut taxes. History is on their side. By Michael J. Boskin.

March 29, 2011

The Budget Binge that Never Was?

Spending balls
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Federal spending may be busting out all over, but columnist Paul Krugman claims he doesn’t see it. By Charles Blahous.

March 29, 2011

The Money-Go-Round

Stimulus merry go round
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More evidence that stimulus thinking is wishful thinking. By John F. Cogan and John B. Taylor.

March 29, 2011

The Audacity of Gimmicks

Obama's deck of cards
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Hoover fellow Richard A. Epstein knew Barack Obama when he was teaching at the University of Chicago. Obama has the right temperament for intellectual poker, Epstein believes, but is stuck with a bad hand. By Nick Gillespie.

January 12, 2011

An End to the Quick Fixes

Fiscal Sanity illustration
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Our return to prosperity depends on permanent tax cuts, predictable policies, and sane deficits. By George P. Shultz, Michael J. Boskin, John F. Cogan, Allan Meltzer, and John B. Taylor.

January 12, 2011

How to Grow out of the Deficit

The pressure for big tax increases vanishes when profligate spending does, too. By Edward P. Lazear.