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How Biden And Xi Can Keep The New Cold War From Turning Hot

by Niall Fergusonvia Bloomberg
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Let’s hope it doesn’t take another Cuban Missile Crisis to bring the U.S. and China to detente.

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America Has A Civic Education Problem — Here's How To Fix It

by David Davenportvia The Hill
Monday, November 16, 2020

Passing important bills in Congress with bipartisan support seems like ancient history. The last major policy bill on which a president of one party and leaders of the other party collaborated was probably the No Child Left Behind Act, an education bill passed and signed into law nearly 20 years ago.

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Budish Covid-19 Update

by John H. Cochranevia The Grumpy Economist
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Eric Budish has an update to his excellent Covid-19 paper. Eric has a few deep central insights about pandemic management, which necessarily joins economics and epidemiology.

Analysis and Commentary
Analysis and Commentary

China’s Military Incursions Around Taiwan Aren’t A Sign Of Imminent Attack

by Kharis Templemanvia The Diplomat
Thursday, October 22, 2020

Instead, China’s military bravado represents the end state of a failed strategy.

Analysis and Commentary

Virginia Postrel On Textiles And The Fabric Of Civilization

by Russ Robertsvia EconTalk
Monday, November 16, 2020

Author and journalist Virginia Postrel talks about her book The Fabric of Civilization and How Textiles Made the World with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Postrel tells the fascinating story behind the clothes we wear and everything that goes into producing them throughout history. The history of textiles, Postrel argues, is a good way of understanding the history of the world.

Analysis and Commentary

The Education Exchange: The Secret To Attracting And Keeping Effective Teachers

by Paul E. Petersonvia The Education Exchange
Monday, November 16, 2020

The Dean of the Belmont University School of Education, Wayne D. Lewis Jr., joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss teacher effectiveness, and how schools of education can better prepare teachers for the classroom.

Analysis and Commentary

Jean-Baptiste Say On The Millionaire Next Door

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Saturday, November 14, 2020

A man is not rich because he pays largely; but he is able to pay largely because he is rich. It would not be a little ridiculous, if a man should think to enrich himself by spending largely, because he sees a rich neighbor doing so. It must be clear, that the rich man spends, because he is rich; but never can enrich himself by the act of spending.”

Analysis and Commentary

Jean-Baptiste Say And Henry Brougham, M.P. Discover The Laffer Curve

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Sunday, November 15, 2020

In 1804, the English government raised the duties on sugar 20 per cent. It might have been expected, that their average product to the public exchequer would have been advanced in the same ratio; i. e. from 2,778,000l. the former amount, to 3,330,000l.: instead of which the increased duties produced but 2,537,000l.; exhibiting an absolute deficit. Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq., M. P., March 13, 1817.

Analysis and Commentary

The Anti-Capitalist Dilemma

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Friday, November 13, 2020

How do you make a case against capitalism while appearing to defend consumers’ rights and values? You make a movie called The Social Dilemma.

Interviews
Interviews

Mattis To Trump: Now's The Time To Unify America, Not Divide It

interview with General Jim Mattisvia Task and Purpose
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow James Mattis interviews Tom Ricks about the Ricks's new book, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country.

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Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show (Part 1)

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The John Batchelor Show
Sunday, November 15, 2020

(Part 1) Hoover Institution fellow Richard Epstein discusses Michael McConnell's Defining Ideas article "Obama’s Unconstitutional Immigration Order."

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Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show (Part 2)

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The John Batchelor Show
Sunday, November 15, 2020

(Part 2) Hoover Institution fellow Richard Epstein discusses Michael McConnell's Defining Ideas article "Obama’s Unconstitutional Immigration Order."

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Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The John Batchelor Show
Friday, November 13, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Richard Epstein discusses his Defining Ideas article "Religious Liberty Should Prevail."

Interviews

Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The John Batchelor Show
Friday, November 13, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Richard Epstein discusses what cases might be overturned in a 6-3 Supreme Court.

Interviews

Exclusive: Victor Davis Hanson On The 2020 Election And Trump’s Prospects

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia American Thought Leaders - The Epoch Times
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the 2020 election and President Trumps' prospects.

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"Ill Winds" By Larry Diamond

interview with Larry Diamondvia Boise State Public Radio
Friday, November 13, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Larry Diamond discusses his book Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency.

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Kiron Skinner On The Story With Martha Maccallum

interview with Kiron K. Skinnervia Fox News
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Kiron Skinner discusses President-elect Biden's options for Secretary of State.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution And Biden’s Obamacare: Hugh Hewitt With Lanhee Chen

interview with Lanhee J. Chenvia Townhall Review
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen talks about the distribution of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, Operation Warp Speed, and the regulatory structure of healthcare under a Biden administration.

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John Yoo On The Ricochet Podcast: Unix Servers

interview with John Yoovia The Ricochet Podcast
Friday, November 13, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow John Yoo discusses where we stand with all the current court cases and challenges around the election.

Interviews

How Racist Rhetoric Increases Chinese Overseas Students' Support For Authoritarian Rule

Friday, November 13, 2020
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Hoover Project on China’s Global Sharp Power held an event on How Racist Rhetoric Increases Chinese Overseas Students' Support for Authoritarian Rule with Jennifer Pan, Assistant Professor of Communication and Yiqing Xu, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University on Friday, November 13, 2020 at 10:00 AM PT

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In the News
In the News

Companies Are Preparing To Cut Jobs And Automate If Biden Gets $15 Minimum Wage Hike, Reporting Shows

quoting Thomas Sowellvia Foundation for Economic Education
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Nobel laureate Milton Friedman once said that “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”

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Biden Inherits A Widening Gap In American Education. It Could Affect Economic Growth

quoting Eric Hanushekvia NBC News
Sunday, November 15, 2020

America's education system has buckled under the pandemic, leaving students to depend on family resources to make up for the shortcomings in online learning.

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Former US Security Chief: Israel May Strike Iran Before Biden Takes Office

quoting H. R. McMastervia World Israel News
Friday, November 13, 2020

McMaster says it’s a “possibility” Israel will take military action against Iran to stop nuclear weapons production.

In the News

Cartoons And Freedom Of Expression

quoting Timothy Garton Ashvia The Whig
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Amongst so many bad happenings in the world, there is the horrendous recent killing of innocent individuals in France by someone who is “offended.” This person is a Muslim, and the offence to his sensibilities were the satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad republished recently in France. He is so offended that his solution is to indiscriminately murder innocent people.

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Liberals Envisioned A Multiracial Coalition. Voters Of Color Had Other Ideas

quoting Lanhee J. Chenvia The New York Times
Monday, November 16, 2020

Democrats may need to rethink their strategy as the class complexities and competing desires of Latino and Asian-American demographic groups become clear.

In the News

Military AI: In Deep Learning We Trust?

cited Joseph Feltervia The Diplomat
Friday, November 13, 2020

Perhaps no other technology animates the imagination of defense policymakers and analysts as much as artificial intelligence (AI), or more precisely, a subfield of AI called machine learning.

In the News

Trump Will Cast A Long Shadow Over Republican Party Despite Defeat

quoting Lanhee J. Chenvia The Guardian
Sunday, November 15, 2020

For Republican leaders it was, perhaps, the worst of all possible worlds.

In the News

Can Trump Still Win? No. He’s Already Lost

quoting Lanhee J. Chenvia The New York Times
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Five days after television networks and other major news organizations called the presidential election for Joseph R. Biden Jr., President Trump continues to maintain that he “will win.” That is false.