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Bill Whalen On The John Batchelor Show

interview with Bill Whalenvia The John Batchelor Show
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Bill Whalen discusses his Forbes article "As The Register Goes, So Goes Iowa? Warren Hopes So, Though History Suggests Otherwise."

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

Cognitive Dissonance And The Trump Reelection Buzz At Davos

by Niall Fergusonvia Boston Globe
Monday, January 27, 2020

It is not always the case that your private thoughts are right and your public ones wrong.

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

As The Register Goes, So Goes Iowa? Warren Hopes So, Though History Suggests Otherwise

by Bill Whalenvia Forbes
Sunday, January 26, 2020

There was a time when print publications were the coin of the realm in presidential politics. Candidates dreamed of appearing on the covers of Time and Newsweek; campaign staffers did all but turn-down service for the likes of such legendary scribes as David Broder (aka, “the high priest of political journalism”) and the tandem of Rowland Evans and Robert Novak (jokingly referred to, in political circles, as “errors and no facts”).

PoliticsFeatured

California Should Take A Collective Breath—And Consider What Collective Bargaining Has Brought

by Bill Whalenvia California on Your Mind
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Forget about death and taxes as life’s only certainties.

In the News

Here’s The ‘Dirty Little Secret’ The Superrich Of Davos Are Keeping To Themselves

quoting Niall Fergusonvia Market Watch
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

‘The dirty little secret of Davos 2020 is they all need [Trump] to get re-elected. Nobody wants to say that out loud.’ That’s the Hoover Institution’s Niall Ferguson sharing his thoughts with Yahoo Finance this week regarding the World Economic Forum’s 50th annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Interviews

Climate Issue Is Not Being Dealt With In A Candid Way: Hoover’s Niall Ferguson

interview with Niall Fergusonvia CNBC
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Niall Ferguson discusses how a networked world operates, climate change, and how the US economy under President Trump has won over many skeptics.

In the News

Why Obama Won And 2020’s Black Candidates Couldn’t

quoting Shelby Steelevia The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

He gave whites the benefit of the doubt. Booker and Harris took every chance to stoke racial grievances.

In the News

Warren And Sanders And The Wealth Tax Folly

quoting John H. Cochranevia Odessa American (TX)
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

For any problem you can think of, Elizabeth Warren has a plan -- usually an expensive one. She promises universal child care, universal pre-K, the elimination of student loan debt, rural broadband, "Medicare for All" and more. She's of the "go big or go home" school.

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

The New York Times Endorsements Are Ridiculously Out Of Touch

by David Davenportvia The Washington Examiner
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

When I saw the New York Times recently ran an editorial endorsing a presidential candidate 10 months before the election and prior to any primary or convention, I could only think of the classic song Mr. Big Stuff.

InterviewsPolitics

Don't Bet Against Bernie: Niall Ferguson On Election

interview with Niall Fergusonvia Yahoo Money
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Niall Ferguson discusses President Trump, his successes, his previous visit to Davos in January 2016, and now the embrace of President Trump by the financial industry and their hope that President Trump will be reelected.

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