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Mary Barra On Leadership, Innovation, And Grit
From the factory floor to the CEO suite, Mary Barra built her career at General Motors. Condoleezza Rice speaks with Barra about her Only in America journey and the lessons it taught her about leadership, customer satisfaction, and the importance of investing in the American workforce.
Thomas Sowell Legacy: A Conversation with Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Clarence Thomas reflects on the ideas, friendship, and intellectual courage of Thomas Sowell—and the enduring importance of thinking for oneself.
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The Billionaire Wealth Tax: A Recipe For Economic Disaster
California’s proposed Billionaire Tax Act would impose a “one-time” 5% tax on the worldwide net worth of individuals with more than $1 billion in assets. Supporters estimate it could raise roughly…
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Professor Ralph Richard Banks: Antidiscrimination Law Meets AI
In April, Elon Musk’s xAI sued to block Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI antidiscrimination law, and the Trump Justice Department has since joined the lawsuit, arguing the law forces developers to incorporate “discriminatory ideology.”
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Can Central Banks Rescue Us From High Interest Rates And Rising Debt?
Raghuram Rajan joins Steve Davis at Jackson Hole to offer his take on Kevin Warsh’s speech and Scott Bessent’s recent bond market interventions.
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Who Reaps The Benefits Of India’s Growth?
Early policy choices shaped the inequity and employment challenges facing the country today.
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New Stanford Grants Tackle AI's Impact On Global Security And Geopolitics
Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Amy Zegart said researchers will design AI agents that could work like digital detectives, following specific steps to comb through documents in multiple languages, still images or videos, and satellite photos to see changes that indicate potential nuclear development in violation of international law.
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The Process Is The Punishment: ABC v. FCC With Stuart Benjamin
Eugene Volokh, Jane Bambauer, and Stuart Benjamin discuss ABC’s lawsuit against the FCC and whether the agency’s recent use of its regulatory power to target certain kinds of content is unconstitutional.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
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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California’s War On Wealth—And America’s War On Terror
Is the progressive dream of wealth taxes soon to be reality – or a fiscal and economic nightmare – should voters approve Proposition 40 and a one-time 5% tax on the holdings of the Golden State’s billionaire class? And 25 years after one of the darkest days in the republic’s history, what is the legacy of the 9/11 attacks on America?
The Hidden Cost Of A Federal Wealth Tax
How a 5% tax on billionaire wealth could weaken investment, encourage tax avoidance, and reduce future economic growth.
Andrew Roberts On Churchill, Napoleon, And The Men Who Change History
Historian Andrew Roberts joins Peter Robinson to defend Winston Churchill’s legacy and explore how great leaders, historical memory, and the lessons of the past can guide a troubled West.
Can Central Banks Rescue Us From High Interest Rates And Rising Debt?
Raghuram Rajan joins Steve Davis at Jackson Hole to offer his take on Kevin Warsh’s speech and Scott Bessent’s recent bond market interventions.
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The exhibitions Eastern Europe and Beyond: Photographic Albums Revealed (September 9, 2025–May 10, 2026) and Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century (ongoing) are open and free to all visitors to Hoover Tower, at the heart of Stanford University campus.
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