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Between the Gates of Tears

by Camille Pecastaingvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Jihadist violence troubles the lands around the Arabian Sea, where sailing of any sort has rarely been smooth. By Camille Pecastaing.

Another Nasty Side Effect

by Daniel P. Kesslervia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

ObamaCare’s vastly expensive, unfairly distributed insurance subsidies, like most tax gimmicks, will distort people’s incentive to work. By Daniel P. Kessler.

Poor Countries Can Afford Democracy

by Gary S. Beckervia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

And if they put their new freedoms to work, they won’t even remain poor. By Gary S. Becker.

House Foreclosures

Free the Captives

by Gary S. Beckervia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

How “captive regulators,” tamed by mortgage behemoths, added to the pain of the economic downturn. By Gary S. Becker.

Mr Moneybags

The Gilded Safety Net

by John F. Coganvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The next wave of retirees will be, on the whole, very comfortable—think of them as million-dollar baby boomers. Why should the young have to shell out for them? By John F. Cogan.

What Price Wisdom?

by John B. Taylorvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The quarter-century of economic expansion that began in the 1980s demonstrated the virtues of limited government. How quickly our politicians forget. By John B. Taylor.

Money guns

Five Steps to Bust the Deficit

by Michael J. Boskinvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Step one: honest budgeting. For the four others, read on. By Michael J. Boskin.

Analysis and Commentary

Stimulus and the Depression: The Untold Story

by Lee Ohanian, Harold L. Colevia Wall Street Journal
Monday, September 26, 2011

The U.S. doesn't need another war to revive the economy. We need a policy turnaround like the one in the late 1930s...

The Roaring Thirties

by David R. Hendersonvia Policy Review
Saturday, October 1, 2011

David R. Henderson on A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth by Alexander J. Field

Eyes on Spies: Congress and the United States Intelligence Community
Books

Eyes on Spies: Congress and the United States Intelligence Community

by Amy Zegartvia Hoover Institution Press
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Ten years after 9/11, the least reformed part of America’s intelligence system is not the CIA or FBI but the US Congress.

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