An old friend and former student reflects on how satisfying it must be for Milton Friedman to see how dramatically his ideas have reshaped our world. By Hoover fellow Gary S. Becker.
In a ceremony at the White House this past May, President George W. Bush honored Milton Friedman for his lifetime achievements. Herewith the president’s remarks.
We need the school choice that voucher programs would introduce, but we also need to make certain such voucher programs are properly structured. How government rules can make voucher programs—or break them. By Hoover fellow Terry M. Moe.
How to improve our public schools? Many policymakers argue that we can start by holding students, teachers, schools, and school districts accountable for student performance. This approach may sound perfectly reasonable—but it has the education profession up in arms. By Hoover fellow Diane Ravitch.
Is spending more money the way to improve our public schools? In a word, no. By Hoover fellow Hanna Skandera and Hoover associate director Richard Sousa.
The midterm elections this November could well prove the closest in half a century. With control of both houses of Congress hanging in the balance, David W. Brady and Jeremy C. Pope offer their predictions.
Posturing in the wake of corporate scandals, Congress has passed new accounting reform legislation that “contains provisions with the potential to cause more market havoc than a dozen Enrons.” By Clark S. Judge.
Why was there a shortage of power in California? Largely because there was a shortage of common sense. Hoover fellow James L. Sweeney derives lessons from the energy crisis.
The West—and the United States in particular—has before it a battle that it must win if civilization is to prosper. Jeffrey Hart places the war on terror in historical context.
In Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee year of 2002, Gerald A. Dorfman reflects on the Anglophilia that struck his small New England town during the queen’s coronation in 1952.
In 1921, Herbert Hoover’s American Relief Administration staged a campaign to battle a devastating famine in Soviet Russia. Hoover fellow Bertrand M. Patenaude examines a little-known chapter in the history of American-Soviet relations.
