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Thomas Sargent teaching students

Thomas Sargent's Rational Expectations

by Art Rolnickvia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

Hoover’s newest Nobel Prize winner discovered a way to put actual human beings back into economic theory. By Art Rolnick.

Diplomats for a New Era

by Kori Schakevia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

The Foreign Service needs fresh ideas for training American envoys. By Kori N. Schake.

In the News

The Bright Side of British Colonialism

by Gary D. Libecapvia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Thursday, January 19, 2012

English institutions—the common law, property rights, and banking—led to economic growth in the colonies...

Fiscal responsiblity

Stimulus and the Great Depression

by Lee Ohanian, Harold L. Colevia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

Neither the New Deal nor the war pulled the economy out of its worst crisis. What did? Wiser policies. By Lee E. Ohanian and Harold L. Cole.

When Economics Was Young

by David R. Hendersonvia Policy Review
Thursday, December 1, 2011

David R. Henderson on Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics by Nicholas Wapshott

California and Greece in hot tub

The Road to Hellenism

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

. . . May be paved with good intentions, but Greece has run into a ditch. California, unfortunately, seems to be close behind. By Victor Davis Hanson.

"Fear the Boom and Bust" video clip

Rhymes with "Recession"

by Russ Roberts, Charles Lindseyvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Hoover fellow Russell Roberts is using rap music to make the dismal science far less dismal. By Charles Lindsey.

What Would Hamilton Do?

by Michael McConnellvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Revisiting the founding father to whom a national debt, properly funded, represented “a national blessing.” By Michael W. McConnell.

The Next Convergence

by Michael Spence, Peter M. Robinsonvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Hoover fellow Michael Spence ponders India, China, and the one essential element in economic growth: innovation. An interview with Peter Robinson.

Canadian budget

Canadian Hat Trick

by David R. Hendersonvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Ottawa quietly slashed federal debt, cut spending, and returned to budget surpluses. How? Not by reading Keynes. By David R. Henderson.

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