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The Libertarian: The Case Against Reparations

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Why they’re unworkable as both a legal and policy matter.

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Shelby Steele: Race In America | Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing

interview with Shelby Steelevia Hoover Podcasts
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Shelby Steele Talks About Race In America.

Interviews

The United States: An Exceptional Case? A Webinar With Stephen Haber

interview with Stephen Habervia ProMarket
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Stephen Haber joins a discussion concerning whether or not the US is a land where free markets and antitrust enforcement have historically kept monopolies under control.

In the News

Hoover Institution Press Publishes On A Collision Course By Yasuo Sakata Collection Of Essays Examines History Of Japanese Migration In The Nineteenth Century

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Hoover Institution will publish On a Collision Course, a collection of five meticulously researched essays written by Yasuo Sakata about Japanese immigration to the United States from a holistic, international, and deeply historical perspective.

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The StateAnalysis and Commentary

As July 4th Approaches, Does California Freedom Have A Hollow Ring?

by Bill Whalenvia California on Your Mind
Thursday, July 2, 2020

As circumstance would have it, for the second consecutive year this column precedes America’s Fourth of July weekend. As such, it seems like the proper moment to discuss California and liberty.

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An Economist Looks at 90: Tom Sowell on Charter Schools and Their Enemies

interview with Thomas Sowellvia Uncommon Knowledge
Thursday, July 2, 2020

AUDIO ONLY

The day before this show was recorded, Dr. Thomas Sowell began his 10th decade of life. Remarkably on one hand and yet completely expected on the other, he remains as engaged, analytical, and thoughtful as ever. In this interview (one of roughly a dozen or so we’ve conducted with Dr. Sowell over the years), we delve into his new book Charter Schools and Their Enemies, a sobering look at the academic success of charter schools in New York City, and the fierce battles waged by teachers unions and progressive politicians to curtail them.

In the News

Slavery Not Only Thing America Is About

mentioning Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steelevia Boston Herald
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The New York Times last year came up with a project to debase America, to say this country is about nothing but slavery, that the institution has determined everything we are, that it instructs us to this day on the maltreatment of Black people. The Revolutionary War was fought to keep it going and the pretenses of liberty and equality have been just that, pretenses. Slavery even fashioned a capitalism that maintains its evils and built our economy, we learn.

Interviews

Niall Ferguson On What History Can Teach Us About Covid-19 (Online)

interview with Niall Fergusonvia Intelligence Squared (UK)
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

[Subscription Required] Hoover Institution fellow Niall Ferguson discusses COVID-19 and history.

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Pacific Century: Asia’s Chinese Democracy

interview with Michael R. Auslin, John Yoo, Joseph Wuvia The Pacific Century
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

An Interview with Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.

Thomas Sowell in front of a black background with an Uncommon Knowledge mug
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Thomas Sowell, An Intellectual Giant

by David R. Henderson featuring Thomas Sowellvia Defining Ideas
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

An American sage turns 90. 

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Military History Working Group


The Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict examines how knowledge of past military operations can influence contemporary public policy decisions concerning current conflicts.