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Limited Hedging And Gambling For Resurrection By U.S. Banks During The 2022 Monetary Tightening?
April 4, 2023 By Amit Seru , Erica Xuewei Jiang, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski

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Four Decades Of Senior Household Income Growth: New Evidence From The Survey Of Consumer Finances
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The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level
January 17, 2023 By John H. Cochrane

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The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level
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Who Governs? Emergency Powers In The Time Of COVID, Edited By Senior Fellow Morris Fiorina Releases by Hoover Institution Press
February 1, 2023

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Who Governs? Emergency Powers in the Time of COVID
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The California State Budget And Revenue Volatility: Fiscal Health In A Deficit Context
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How Monetary Policy Got Behind the Curve—and How to Get Back
How Monetary Policy Got Behind the Curve—and How to Get Back
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Monetary Tightening And U.S. Bank Fragility In 2023: Mark-To-Market Losses And Uninsured Depositor Runs?
March 14, 2023 By Amit Seru, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski , Erica Xuewei Jiang

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Latin America: Perspective From Peru On Politics And Economics
interview with H.R. McMaster , Julio Guzmán

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There’s Nothing Stopping You Now: Coleman Hughes On Race And Poverty In America
interview with John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, Bill Whalen , Coleman Hughes

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FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
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Strategika

Strategika

An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.

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The Quadruple Axis And Its Nemesis
Overcoming the Axis of Tyranny
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The United States: A Nation in Need Of A Leader
The Quadruple Axis and Its Nemesis
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The Caravan

The Caravan

The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East

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Indolence Is Not Policy: The Biden Administration In The Middle East
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Will Saudi Arabia Normalize Relations With Israel?
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California on Your Mind

California on Your Mind

Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State

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San Francisco Homeowners Lose $260 Billion In Value
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If Oprah Won’t Go To DC, Is There Another Montecito Option?
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Featured Videos & Podcasts

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?

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

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

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.

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A World-Class Library & Archives

Founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is home to some of the world's most renowned collections documenting war, revolution, peace, and political, economic, and social change in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 

Free and open to all, discover how to search the collections, arrange a research visit, or explore exhibitions by clicking below.

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Exhibitions | Now On View

The exhibitions Bread + Medicine: Saving Lives in a Time of Famine (September 19, 2022–April 28, 2023) 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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Research Services

Planning an onsite visit to the reading room? Conducting your research from afar? Staff are ready to connect you with the most relevant materials through reference consultations, assisting with registration and material requests, digitization, and more.

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The Collections

Acquiring, preserving, and making accessible collections of enduring value, including more than one million library volumes and over six thousand archival collections.

Digital First Initiative

Our aim is to make full archival collections accessible to researchers around the world through the digitization of textual, graphical, sound, and moving-image materials.

Engagement & Outreach

Building connections to our collections by sparking curiosity in audiences interested in the meaning and role of history through exhibitions, classes, tours, and special programing.

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This week in 1848, Wisconsin – one of five “battleground” states that flipped in the last presidential election – entered the Union. The most pivotal of those five states in 2024

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