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Analysis and Commentary

The Russian Export Ban: An Economic Story Worth Telling

by John B. Taylorvia Economics One
Monday, August 23, 2010

[T]his summer’s grain export ban in Russia [is] a current event well worth telling students about...

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Russell D. Roberts

Kennedy on the Great Depression and the New Deal

via EconTalk
Monday, August 16, 2010

In this podcast Russell Roberts, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and EconTalk host, discusses, with David Kennedy of Stanford University and the author of Freedom from Fear, the Great Depression and its political and economic relevance.

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Analysis and Commentary

Bam's lousy economic record: Let's just look at the facts, shall we?

by Keith Hennesseyvia Daily News (NY)
Monday, August 16, 2010

Rather than hearing about the last two Presidents, voters may instead want the President to explain the economic realities of his own 18-month tenure and what he foresees for the next two years. To further that understanding here are some facts...

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Analysis and Commentary

Worth a thousand words

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

It’s more than a picture, actually. It’s a subtle and beautiful graph. On one axis is per-capita income. On the other is life expectancy. Each point on the graph is the life expectancy and per-capita GDP for a particular year in two different countries, Cuba and Portugal...

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Analysis and Commentary

Paul Samuelson's Prediction for Post World War II

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Arnold Kling and I have been discussing what an incredible counterexample to the Keynesian model the post-WWII years are. It occurred to me to check what Keynesians were predicting would happen after the war ended. Here's one of them...

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“Markets Are Hard to Appreciate”

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Hoover Digest
Friday, July 2, 2010

Hoover fellow Gary S. Becker is convinced that Americans don’t really want to go backwards on economic liberty. By Peter Robinson.

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How Milton Friedman Saved Chile

by Bret Stephensvia Hoover Digest
Friday, July 2, 2010

Unjustly defamed as an ally of dictators, the late Hoover fellow helped foster the economic dynamism that Chile will use to rebuild. By Bret Stephens.

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Advancing Democracy Abroad

by Michael McFaulvia Hoover Digest
Friday, July 2, 2010

It’s imperfect, sometimes difficult even to define. But democracy works, and people want it. From a new book by Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.

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Interviews

U.S. Fails to Learn From Mistakes of Weimar Republic

with Niall Fergusonvia Glenn Beck (FOX News)
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Our government continues to cripple the economy. Now, I want to talk to you a little bit about the future and a little bit of everything...

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Debt Roulette

by Michael J. Boskinvia Hoover Digest
Friday, July 2, 2010

The Obama budget represents the biggest gamble in our entire fiscal history. By Michael J. Boskin.

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