Welcome to the

HOOVER INSTITUTION

Tagline

Seeking to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind.

.
Getting Monetary Policy Back on Track
Getting Monetary Policy Back on Track
.
A Nation At Risk +40

via Hoover Institution

ANationatRisk_1400px_updatev3.jpg
.
Americans Now Live Farther From Their Employers
By Steven J. Davis , Jose Maria Barrero , Nicholas Bloom , Mert Akan , Tom Bowen , Shelby Buckman , Luke Pardue , Liz Wilke

via Gusto

remote work
.
How Election Rules Affect Who Wins
By Justin Grimmer , Eitan Hersh

via Eitan Hersh

US Ballot Box Image
.
By Ross Levine , Chen Lin , Chicheng Ma , Yuchen Xu

via Analysis

law   image
.
Economics Working Papers
Core Institutional Priorities
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
learn more
Strategika

Strategika

An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.

Read More
learn more
Articles
The United States Really Can Deter Iran, But Only If It Really Wants To
poster_ir_00143_12
learn more
Articles
How To Stop Iran
poster_ir_00139
learn more
The Caravan

The Caravan

The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East

Read More
learn more
Articles
October 7 And American Grand Strategy
middle east
learn more
Articles
Defense Of The Middle East
middleeastusa   image
learn more
California on Your Mind

California on Your Mind

Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State

Read More
learn more
Articles
After A $100 Billion Surplus, California Now Faces A $73 Billion Budget Deficit
California with US cash.
learn more
Articles
California’s Primary Results: Polemics 1, Policy Debates 0
elections shutterstock  image

More Videos & Podcasts

UK_Armstrong_square_final

Why Bitcoin Will Take Over The World: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Despite a tumultuous and volatile marketplace; scandals, arrests, and bankruptcies at rival digital exchanges; and social issues disrupting his own company, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is a devout believer in digital currencies and the power of the blockchain.

FreeSpeechUnmuted_slide_3-26-24_website_updated

Free Speech, Government Persuasion, And Government Coercion

Jane and Eugene discuss Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden), which asks: If the government asks social media platforms to remove certain posts, does that violate the First Amendment?

GoodFellows_Episode-126

China V. Ukraine With Elbridge Colby; Tiktok's Clock; Election Meddling Is Cool Now?

Elbridge Colby, former Defense Department assistant secretary and cofounder of the Marathon Initiative, which studies great-power competition, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson and H.R. McMaster to discuss his contention that rearming America’s military in anticipation of an eventual Chinese move on Taiwan takes priority over conflicts in Ukraine and Israel.

secrets of statecraft

Conrad Black’s Extraordinary Magnum Opus

Conrad Black discusses his epic thousand-page history of the Ancient World up to the death of Emperor Augustus.

Library & Archives
.
Inscription in Hoover Tower recognizing purpose of the Hoover Library & Archives collection

A World-Class Library & Archives

Founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is home to some of the world's most renowned collections documenting war, revolution, peace, and political, economic, and social change in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 

Free and open to all, discover how to search the collections, arrange a research visit, or explore exhibitions by clicking below.

Learn More
Photograph of a closeup of a display case in the exhibition Hoover@100 featuring items related to Herbert Hoover

Exhibitions | Now On View

The exhibitions Un-Presidented: Watergate and Power in America (February 12–August 11, 2024) and Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century (ongoing) are open and free to all visitors to Hoover Tower, at the heart of Stanford University campus.

Learn More
Learn More
Hands reach to pull out a sheet of paper from an archival envelope in front of a box of research materials

Research Services

Planning an onsite visit to the reading room? Conducting your research from afar? Staff are ready to connect you with the most relevant materials through reference consultations, assisting with registration and material requests, digitization, and more.

Learn More

The Collections

Acquiring, preserving, and making accessible collections of enduring value, including more than one million library volumes and over six thousand archival collections.

Digital First Initiative

Our aim is to make full archival collections accessible to researchers around the world through the digitization of textual, graphical, sound, and moving-image materials.

Engagement & Outreach

Building connections to our collections by sparking curiosity in audiences interested in the meaning and role of history through exhibitions, classes, tours, and special programing.

Poll

This week in 1776 and 1990, George Washington and Olympic legend Jesse Owens were awarded Congressional Gold Medals. A deserving honoree in 2024 (it can go to anyone Congress deems worthy) would be

Choices
On
overlay image