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Back To '70s Inflation? How Biden's Spending Spree Will Hurt Your Wallet

by Tyler Goodspeedvia The Hill
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Last week we learned that, in June, prices throughout the U.S. economy continued to rise at a pace we simply have not observed since the “Great Inflation” period of 1966-1982. Tuesday’s report that consumer prices had risen 0.9 percent (11.4 percent at an annual rate) was followed Wednesday with news that producer prices had surged 1 percent (12.2 percent annualized), both roughly double what economists had been forecasting. 

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Bretton Woods 1971–2021

by David C. Mulfordvia The International Economy
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

The birth of the new age of modern markets.

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The Rise Of De-Economics

by Kevin Hassettvia National Review
Monday, July 19, 2021

Incentives do matter, and to suggest otherwise is to betray basic principles of economics.

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The Information Technology Counter-Revolution: Cheap, Disposable, And Decentralized

by Jacquelyn Schneider, Julia Macdonaldvia War on the Rocks
Monday, July 19, 2021

Almost three decades ago, a coterie of defense wonks proclaimed that the information revolution would transform military power. They were right. But three decades later, it is time for the American military to prepare for what’s next, not try to dominate a 90s-era information battlefield.

Analysis and Commentary
Analysis and Commentary

Climate Change And Deaths From Extreme Heat And Cold

by Bjorn Lomborgvia Financial Post
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

For now, global warming reduces more deaths than it causes, saving possibly 100,000 lives each year

Interviews
Interviews

Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The John Batchelor Show
Monday, July 19, 2021

(Part 1) Hoover Institution fellow Richard Epstein discusses his Defining Ideas article "Trump V. Big Tech." Part 2 of the interview is available here.

Interviews

Victor Davis Hanson Calls Out Radical Liberals Who He Says Are Trying To Revise History

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia Yahoo! News
Monday, July 19, 2021

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses "changing" history to change the future.

Interviews

Wages Not Keeping Pace With Inflation Increases: Tyler Goodspeed

interview with Tyler Goodspeedvia Fox Business
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Hoover Institution fellow Tyler Goodspeed provides insight into inflation in the U.S.

Interviews

Masih Alinejad: Escaping Terror For Freedom On Why America? With Tim Kane

interview with Timothy Kanevia Why America?
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Hoover Institution fellow Tim Kanes talks with Masih Alinejad about her journey to the US after having to escape Iran.

In the News
In the News

US Condemns China For ‘Malicious’ Cyberattacks, Including Microsoft Hack

quoting Herbert Linvia The Guardian
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Justice department charged four Chinese nationals with hacking as Washington accused Beijing of threatening national security

In the News

You Can See Tax Returns For All 41 Recall Candidates, But Not Gov. Newsom’s

quoting Bill Whalenvia San Jose Mercury News
Monday, July 19, 2021

Gavin Newsom is not technically a candidate in the recall, so, unlike his challengers, he is not required to produce five years of tax returns

In the News

Biden's Education Department Must Choose Accountability Or A 'Marbury V. Madison' Moment

quoting John Yoovia The Hill
Monday, July 19, 2021

The Biden presidency largely has been hailed as a return to normalcy, transparency and accountability following the tumultuous years of the Trump administration. Why then, is Biden’s Department of Education refusing to allow one of its most important oversight boards to meet?