Conflict and separation are far more prominent than peaceful, stable democracy in multi-ethnic countries. For Iraq to hold together when most or all of the remaining U.S. troops have been withdrawn in 2011 will take heroic efforts of compromise and conciliation...
My column published last Monday May 3 in the Wall Street Journal “How to Avoid a ‘Bailout Bill’” generated a lot of questions about the idea of a "Chapter 11F," which I argued is a needed alternative to bailouts...
If you keep up with works coming from the academy hoping to influence the world as I try to do–in part because I wish I could claim some success at the same task–you may know that during the last several years a spate of books has hit the market in which the target is consumer choice...
When is a campaign book better than usual? It's better when it transcends simply attempting to get the author elected and provides a window on character development and insights into social problems...
California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) is due to take effect early next year. The closer we are to implementing this historic legislation to curb emissions, the greater the intensity of the surrounding editorial commentary...
Yugoslavia was created as a new state in 1918, composed of areas that had never been under a common unified government, and which for centuries had been under the domination of foreign powers...
In case you missed it, the three Republicans vying to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer took part in a face-to-face debate last night — significant in that it was the first time all three were in the same room, on the same stage, at the same time...
by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Friday, May 7, 2010
Watching Greeks fire-bomb their banks, shut down their airports and ruin the tourist trade that is their economy's main prospect, I can't help but hear Virgil reprised...
Ed Leamer of UCLA talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of econometrics. He discusses his 1983 article, "Let's Take the 'Con' Out of Econometrics" and the recent interest in natural experiments as a way to improve empirical work...
Keith Hennessey, former Director of the National Economic Council for President George W. Bush-Is the Obama administration working hard enough to create more jobs...
California's business leaders are divided over a ballot initiative that would delay implementation of AB32, the landmark legislation to combat global warming, in part by raising the cost of carbon-based fuel...
Our roundtable consisted of George Will, the Hoover Institution's Shelby Steele, the Center for American Progress’s John Podesta, and author and journalist Robin Wright of the US Institute of Peace. They talked about national security, the Greek debt crisis, and the ouster of Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah....
The Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education has released a new e-book, American Education 2030, that looks at what education will look like in 20 years...
