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A Time For Choosing Speaker Series With Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice offers her thoughts on the most salient challenges and critical questions facing the nation in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Foundation.
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Harold W. McGraw, III Foundation Endows New Hoover Senior Fellowship On US-India Relations
The Hoover Institution has announced a new senior fellowship dedicated to fortifying the relationship between the United States and the Republic of India, made possible by the generosity of the Harold W. McGraw, III Foundation.

The Bradley Foundation Announces Esteemed Economist John Cochrane As A 2023 Bradley Prize Winner
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation has announced that John H. Cochrane, one of the country’s preeminent economists, will receive a 2023 Bradley Prize. Now in its 19th year, the Prize is given to individuals whose extraordinary work exemplifies the Foundation’s mission to restore, strengthen, and protect the principles and institutions of American exceptionalism.
Hoover Institution Press Publishes Cage Fight: Civilian And Democratic Pressures On Military Conflicts And Foreign Policy, Edited By Bruce S. Thornton

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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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