The Hoover Institution presents an online virtual speaker series based on the scholarly research and commentary written by Hoover fellows participating in the Human Prosperity Project on Socialism and Free-Market Capitalism. This project objectively investigates the historical record to assess the consequences for human welfare, individual liberty, and interactions between nations of various economic systems ranging from pure socialism to free-market capitalism.
With COVID-19 wreaking havoc on the US economy, it is easy to be pessimistic about the future job market. The unemployment rate is in double digits and millions of households are now relying on federal unemployment benefits to survive. Nevertheless, the United States is particularly well-equipped to overcome these changes. Its economy is exceptional, and this is especially true when it comes to the US workforce.
This is the sixth in a series of invited responses to some of the big, unanswered questions facing America’s schools as they prepare to reopen in the fall. The Center on Reinventing Public Education, in partnership with The 74, fielded responses from a diverse roster of educators and policymakers in order to promote creative thinking and debate about how we can collectively meet student needs in an extraordinarily challenging school year, and beyond.
The recent news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has suffered a recurrence of cancer raises the question of whether there’s a wild card in the deck of presidential election playing cards: a Senate confirmation battle royal before the Court reconvenes this fall and voters cast their ballots.
by Glenn Tiffert, Renee DiResta, Carly Miller, Vanessa Molter, John Pomfretvia Analysis
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Well-resourced countries have demonstrated sophisticated abilities to carry out influence operations in both traditional and social media ecosystems simultaneously. Russia, China, Iran, and a swath of other nation-states control media properties with significant audiences, often with reach far beyond their borders. They have also been implicated in social media company takedowns of accounts and pages that are manipulative either by virtue of the fake accounts and suspicious domains involved, or by way of coordinated distribution tactics to drive attention to certain content or to create the perception that a particular narrative is extremely popular.
Hoover Institution fellow Michael Auslin discusses the geopolitical rivalry between countries in the Indo-Pacific region of the world (China, Japan, India, North Korea).
Dr. Thomas Sowell, one of America's most distinguished public scholars, celebrated four score and ten years on June 30, and what a remarkable journey, geographically, intellectually and spiritually, this former resident of Harlem has traveled.
In this premier episode of the Bespoke Parenting Hour, host Julie Gunlock explains what it is the be a bespoke parent and why we should all embrace the bespoke philosophy, which encourages you to create your own parenting style that perfectly fits your family.
Most schools and businesses mandate that their employees take a "Diversity: Inclusion in the Modern Workplace" (EDU) online training course. Under the umbrella of compassion for all, it is a well-crafted collection of leftwing radical propaganda. Thus, one learns that "[a]n identity transition describes the process of shifting from a central identity and its associated beliefs and behaviors to the integration of another identity, e.g., a formerly childless person finds out they [sic] are going to become a parent."
President Trump is going to lose his reelection bid if he doesn’t handle the COVID-19 crisis better. Here are five things he can do to regain control of a bad situation.
Policy Exchange, Britain’s most influential think tank, today announces the launch of a new international commission on the Indo-Pacific led by the former Canadian Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Stephen Harper. The Indo-Pacific Commission will include* diplomats, politicians and military and civil leaders drawn from the United Kingdom, the United States and across the Indo-Pacific region – including Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia and Singapore.
