One of Britain’s most distinguished journalists, Charles Moore is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and of the Spectator magazine. Moore is also the authorized biographer of the Right Honorable Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, better known as Margaret Thatcher.
Terry Moe, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution's Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses ways to reform unions and how changes can be made to future union benefits.
John Taylor, the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, explains why he thinks a lot was accomplished in the debt negotiations and why the deal will be successful in getting the US economy moving again.
John Taylor, the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, discusses the economy, unemployment, regulations, the effect of the stimulus money, and the possible consequences of the agreement to raise the US debt ceiling and cut spending.
John Taylor, the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, discusses the bipartisan agreement to raise the US debt ceiling and cut spending on PBS’s NewsHour.
Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 EducationEric Hanushek and Paul Peterson describe how the United States compares to developed countries of the world in math achievement. On average US students place 32nd in the world in math, following Portugal. The best state, Massachusetts, is only 9th in the world; the most populous state (California) comes in 37th. (5:59)
Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 EducationEric Hanushek and Paul Peterson label California's answer to the potential cuts in school funding—reducing the school year—as the worst possible policy. Hanushek and Peterson note that eliminating bad teachers could improve schools by ensuring a good teacher for everyone. (5:35)
Michael Spence, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Management in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, discusses the outlook for a political resolution to Italy's debt woes. Spence also discusses the US debt-ceiling debate and the country's credit rating with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television's The Pulse.
Michael Spence, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Management in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, discusses the ongoing negotiations to raise the US debt ceiling.
