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The Case For Violating The Debt Limit Is Dangerous Nonsense
President Biden is playing a dangerous game. When the federal government’s deficit spending is about to exceed the amount Congress has authorized it to borrow and the Treasury has run out of what…
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Remembering John Raisian
John Raisian, the Hoover Institution’s Tad and Dianne Taube director for a quarter-century, from his appointment in 1990 until his retirement in 2015, died on April 24, 2023 after battling a long illness. He was 73. During his tenure, Raisian led the Institution to become the most important academic public policy research center in the nation.
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Hoover Institution Hosts Monetary Policy Conference Marking Thirty Years Of The Taylor Rule
The Hoover Institution hosted its thirteenth Monetary Policy Conference on Friday, May 12, gathering prominent scholars for discussions on how to get the economy back on track following a period of record inflation not experienced since the 1970s.
Monetary Tightening And U.S. Bank Fragility In 2023: Mark-To-Market Losses And Uninsured Depositor Runs?
We analyze U.S. banks’ asset exposure to a recent rise in the interest rates with implications for financial stability. The U.S. banking system’s market value of assets is $2 trillion lower than suggested by their book value of assets accounting for loan portfolios held to maturity. Marked-to-market bank assets have declined by an average of 10% across all the banks, with the bottom 5th percentile experiencing a decline of 20%.
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Michael McConnell
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Peter Blair Henry
Class of 1984 Senior Fellow
Steven Koonin
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Great Bloomberg Interview: Now How To Get Back
In a Bloomberg TV interview today, Romaine Bostick @romainebostick and Scarlet Fu @scarletfu asked me great questions about the just-released inflation rate and the implications for Fed policy.
February 14, 2023
John B. Taylor
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The Case For Violating The Debt Limit Is Dangerous Nonsense
President Biden is playing a dangerous game. When the federal government’s deficit spending is about to exceed the amount Congress has authorized it to borrow and the Treasury has run out of what are known as extraordinary measures to stave off disaster, Congress and the president must negotiate a compromise resolution, or the nation faces the prospect of default.
May 14, 2023
Michael McConnell
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Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth
Thirty years ago, China seemed hopelessly mired in poverty, Mexico triggered the Third World Debt Crisis, and Brazil suffered under hyperinflation. Since then, these and other developing countries have turned themselves around, while First World nations, battered by crises, depend more than ever on sustained growth in emerging markets.
May 18, 2023
Peter Blair Henry
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Victor Davis Hanson: Making Sense Of Geopolitical Discord And Domestic Chaos
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the border and the US-Latin America diplomacy, the Left never paying a price, Daniel Penny’s indictment, the Biden Administration disaster, Ukraine’s counter-offensive, Greek-Turkish relations, and a cavalcade of movies celebrating Mother’s Day.
May 16, 2023
interview Victor Davis Hanson
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The Ukraine War Continues ‘With No End In Sight’: Kiron Skinner
Hoover Institution fellow Kiron Skinner discusses the reported attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, as well as the threat from China.
May 9, 2023
interview Kiron K. Skinner
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California And Reparations: Does Passing A Law Mean Passing The Buck To Voters To Decide?
To understand the job of governor of California is to appreciate the unexpected. In the Golden State, that includes acts of nature mostly beyond politicians’ preventive control (there’s no stopping an earthquake from happening, nor lightning from striking timber and sparking a wildfire).
May 18, 2023
Bill Whalen
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Strategika
An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.
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The Caravan
The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East
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California on Your Mind
Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State
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As California Fentanyl Deaths Skyrocket, Progressive Policy Makers Watch From The Sidelines
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Dropping Money From Helicopters: Economist John Cochrane On…
John Cochrane is the Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and the author of a new book, The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level. In this wide-ranging conversation, Cochrane discusses the root causes of inflation, what we can (and can’t) do about it, the economists who influenced his thinking, and how his father inspired him to become an academic.
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What Does It Mean To Fight A Just War?
Reports from the invasion of Ukraine strongly suggest that Russia and its leaders have committed war crimes against the Ukrainian people in defiance of international human rights standards.
The Historical Guide To Dealing With Putin’s Invasion Of Ukraine
Much like the Spanish Civil War, the invasion of Ukraine is a reminder that aggression is always lurking and must be deterred by forceful resistance.
Battlegrounds 50: Today’s Challenges And Prospects For International Cooperation
H.R. McMaster in conversation with Ambassador Mark Sedwill, Ambassador Mariangela Zappia, Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, and Ambassador Phillippe Etienne on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
Matters Of Policy & Politics: Campaign 2024: Waiting For Kohoutek, What’s Behind Door Number 3 | Bill Whalen, Dave Brady, and Doug Rivers | Hoover Institution
The health of the two parties’ as we head into the next presidential race.
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