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Paul Ryan’s Intellectual Muse
Angus Burgin discusses Hayek, Friedman, and the Return of Laissez
Angus Burgin's video of his keynote address at the first annual workshop on political economy.
Hayek and norms
The latest episode of EconTalk is Mike Munger on cultural norms...
Political Economy Workshop Discusses Race and Conservatism
Now in its fourth year, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives’ Workshop on Political Economy brings together scholars from across the globe to study the history of economic thought using the archives of such notable thinkers as Karl Popper, Milton Friedman, and F.A. Hayek. This year the workshop welcomed Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and author of The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power (2015), who presented a keynote address on June 28th.
The Pacific Century Reads A Long Telegram
Parsing the State Department Policy Planning Staff’s New China Report with Peter Berkowitz.
The Pacific Century: Niall Ferguson On The Coming Cold War With China
Hoover fellow and historian Niall Ferguson on China, Trump, and Trade.
Pacific Century: Suing China?
Can the US Hold China Responsible for the Pandemic?
Hoover Fellows Boskin and Cogan among Appointments by Gov. Schwarzenegger and Legislative Leaders to Bipartisan Commission on the 21st-Century Economy
SACRAMENTO -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders on Wednesday announced that two Hoover Institution fellows are among those appointed to the Commission on the 21st-Century Economy.
Frameworks for Central Banking in the Next Century
The main unifying theme of the conference is that successful policy requires that central bankers’ decisions be based on clearly-understood rules—including legal limits, institutional structures, mandates, traditions, procedures, or formulas—and not solely on discretion.
Welcome to Participants in the Fourth Annual Workshop on Political Economy
Hoover welcomes the participants of the 2017 Workshop on Political Economy.
Hoover Institution Board of Overseers’ Summer Meeting 2011
The Hoover Institution hosted the Board of Overseers’ Summer Meeting on July 12–14, 2011.
On Tuesday evening, Hoover fellows discussed topics relating to defense, global issues, entitlements, and the state of the economy. Victor Davis Hanson and Bruce Thornton’s speech was titled “America Abroad: Appeasement or Deterrence?” David Brady and John Cogan’s presentation was titled “Entitlements, Debt and Electoral Politics: How Did We Get Where We Are–and Where Do We Go from Here?” In their speech titled “The Road Ahead for the Fed: Two Years Later,” John Taylor and Kevin Warsh discussed the state of the economy today.
Orange Grove: Difference between legislation, law
Classical liberals and libertarians, especially those who admire the works of the famous legal theorists and economist F.A. Hayek, are fond of pointing out that a free society requires the rule of law...
Capital requirements info, please
I am having trouble verifying how the rules regarding capital requirements changed between 2002 and 2004 for financial institutions. . . .
Friedman On Growth Measurements and Immigration
I thank Bob Higgs for drawing my attention to a short but insightful 1974 article, in the March/April 1974 issue of the Journal of Political Economy, by Milton Friedman...
Getting and not getting we lay waste our powers
From Mark Helprin's Digital Barbarism: Those who lack any but a materialist approach to life see both acquisition and de-acquistion, fine tuned, as the keys to a blessed state...
How they think vs. how I think
The White House is trying to argue that the bailout isn't so bad, it might not really cost $700 billion because some of the assets will appreciate in value...
Samuelson on standard of living
Robert Samuelson does a nice job explaining why living standards are rising even though we sometimes hear otherwise:...
Poverty and immigration
Robert Samuelson points out wisely that the measured poverty rate is a misleading measure of economic progress when there is immigration (a common theme here at the Cafe)...
Aaron Director, founder of the field of Law and Economics,Hoover Institution fellow and distinguished University of Chicago economist
Thomas Sowell, An Intellectual Giant
An American sage turns 90.