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The Challenge Of Inequality

by Russ Robertsvia PolicyEd
Thursday, January 21, 2021

The focus on income inequality distracts us from the real problem in America--a lack of opportunity for people at the bottom.

In the News

New National Parent Survey Highlights Coronavirus Concerns

quoting Paul E. Petersonvia Oakdale Leader
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Students are most likely to be attending school fully in-person in school districts where the coronavirus is spreading most rapidly, according to a nationally representative survey of American parents released this week by Education Next.

Policy Seminar with Athanasios Orphanides

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Virtual Meeting

Athanasios Orphanides, Professor of the Practice of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, discussed “Options for the ECB's Monetary Policy Strategy Review.” John Taylor, the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, was the moderator.

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Analysis and Commentary

Bill Allen RIP

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Last week, Don Boudreaux over at CafeHayek did a nice appreciation of William R. Allen, co-author, with Armen Alchian, of the excellent University Economics textbook. Allen died last week, only a few months before his 97th birthday.

Interviews

Josh Rauh: California Tax Experiment: Policy Makers Receive Valuable Economics Lesson

interview with Joshua D. Rauhvia HubWonk
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Hoover Institution fellow Josh Rauh talks about his research on the reaction of Californians to a tax increase, from his report, “The Behavioral Response to State Income Taxation of High Earners, Evidence from California,” and he shares how his research offers tax policy makers insight into the likely effects of similar increases in their own states.

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Germany: Perspective On The U.S.-Germany Alliance, EU, And International Security

via Hoover Podcasts
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

H.R. McMaster in conversation with Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, on Wednesday, January 20th at 11:00am PT.

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New Issue Of Hoover Digest Online

via Hoover Digest
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The winter issue of Hoover Digest is now available online. The journal focuses on topics both classical—the economy, personal freedom, the role of government—and timely, such as cybersecurity, terrorism, and geopolitical shifts. 

Analysis and Commentary

Sanity In CA Housing?

by John H. Cochranevia The Grumpy Economist
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

As reported by the Sacramento Bee, its city council voted unanimously to allow four-plexes across the city overturning one-house-per lot zoning.

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Minimum Wages. People Are Not All The Same.

by John H. Cochranevia The Grumpy Economist
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The ancient argument over the minimum wage (WSJ) is heating up, another of economics' many perennial answers in search of a question.

The Grumpy Economist
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Grumpy Economist: A Free Market In … Vaccines?

interview with John H. Cochranevia The Grumpy Economist | A Podcast with John H. Cochrane
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

How market forces could expedite the end of the COVID pandemic.

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