Hoover fellow Shelby Steele talks about his opposition to affirmative action, his upbringing, and his hopes for black Americans. An interview with Hoover fellow Peter Robinson.
Hoover fellows John F. Cogan and Thomas E. MaCurdy argue that when Congress and the president hiked the minimum wage last summer, they were making a dumb mistake. The hike hurt those it was intended to help and helped those who didn't need it. And the effective minimum wage rate was already at a historic high in the first place.
What causes economic growth? Hoover media fellow Tom Bethell surveys commonplace theories and finds many of themincomplete. What do they overlook? Property rights.
From October 1994 to February 1995, Russian militants--the "party of war"--sought to block free-market reforms and to reestablish an imperial foreign policy. They almost got away with it. Hoover fellow John B. Dunlop tells the story.
Payoffs and slush funds may be rampant in Asian countries such as South Korea and Taiwan, but they don't seem to have interfered with economic growth. Hoover fellow Hilton L. Root explains why.
ABC News correspondent and Hoover media fellow Bob Zelnick examines the issues at stake and the personalities involved.What does Ward Connerly think of Willie Brown? Read on.
Current immigration policy establishes annual quotas for countries of origin--just so many French each year, just so many Mexicans, just so many Nigerians. Hoover fellow Edward P. Lazear has a better idea. Sell the slots outright.
Hoover fellow Thomas Sowell surveys challenges to affirmative action now taking place throughout the country. "Neither in courts of law nor in the political process can affirmative action stand on its merits."
Only forty, Hoover fellow Paul M. Romer has already stood a great deal of economic theory on its head. A profile of Romer and his work. By Kevin Kelly.
