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February 22, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
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A Better Grecian Bailout

by John B. Taylor (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics; Chair, Working Group on Economic Policy; and member of the Task Force on Energy Policy)
The fears of contagion from Athens were always exaggerated. Now the issues are whether Greece will reform and whether Europe will cut it off if it doesn't...
February 17, 2012 | Project Syndicate
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The Sustainability Mindset

by Michael Spence (Senior Fellow)
Over time, values shift as knowledge is acquired and disseminated. Policies aimed at sustainability are likely to follow. What is unknown is whether we will reach that point fast enough to avoid major disruptions, or even potential conflict...
February 14, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
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Why NATO Still Matters

by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
Germany’s financial dominance may be worrisome, but is it a threat to European peace?...
February 7, 2012 | National Review Online
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Kastelorizo: Mediterranean Flashpoint?

by Daniel Pipes (Taube Distinguished Visiting Fellow)
Remember the name Kastelorizo; you heard it here first...
February 3, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
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An American History Lesson for Europe

by Thomas J. Sargent (Senior Fellow)
Our federal government refused to bail out the states in the 1840s, thus preserving their fiscal independence...
January 31, 2012 | Project Syndicate
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A Referendum on Obama

by Michael J. Boskin (Senior Fellow; member of the Task Force on Energy Policy; and member of the Working Group on Economic Policy)
Until November, divided government and contentious campaigning will most likely prevent significant policy moves. But, following the election, taxes and spending, trade policy, federalism, regulation, and defense will take a different course...
January 26, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
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Lessons From the Great Expansion

by Henry R. Nau (W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2011–12)
Yes 'the middle class has shrunk'—because it's getting richer...
January 20, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
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The Jobs Picture Is Still Far From Rosy

by Edward Paul Lazear (Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow)
New unemployment claims are down, but the likelihood that an unemployed worker will find a job has not substantially improved...
January 19, 2012 | Tribune Media Services
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Civilization in Reverse

by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
In Greek mythology, the prophetess Cassandra was doomed both to tell the truth and to be ignored. Our modern version is a bankrupt Greece that we seem to discount...Washington, please take heed...
January 17, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
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Death by Wealth Tax

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Egalitarian impulses will sink our struggling economy...