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Five of top ten in National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction list by Hoover authors
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.
Silas Palmer Fellow Nnamdi Igbokwe Explores Nigeria's "Capitalist Militician"
Since independence in 1960, the Nigerian government is estimated to have lost over 400 billion dollars to corruption, and has consistently ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. This begs the question: what is so distinctive about Nigeria’s corruption?
Welcome to Participants in the Fourth Annual Workshop on Political Economy
Hoover welcomes the participants of the 2017 Workshop on Political Economy.
Angus Burgin Delivers Keynote at First Annual Workshop on Political Economy
As part of the inaugural Hoover Institution Library and Archives’ Workshop on Political Economy, Professor Angus Burgin of Johns Hopkins University gave the keynote lecture titled "Hayek, Friedman, and the Return of Laissez-Faire."
Rhymes with "Recession"
Hoover fellow Russell Roberts is using rap music to make the dismal science far less dismal. By Charles Lindsey.
At 200, Marx Is Still Wrong
Marxism was never about achieving an egalitarian society. It was about the pursuit of raw power.
Velasquez-Manoff on Autoimmune Disease, Parasites, and Complexity
Karl Raimund Popper: The Philosopher and His Papers
An examination of the political philosophy and legacy of one of the most important minds of the twentieth century. By Tom Bethell.
Milton Friedman: Old School Liberalism
The root of most arguments against the market is a lack of belief in freedom—at least for other people—as a worthy end.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali On The West, Dawa, And Islam
Political Islam as Ideology and Movement and How to Contain It.
The Next Great Leap
The Western media tell us that China’s leaders haven’t changed much in the past twenty years, and they may well be right. What has changed is the China around them. By Hoover media fellow William McGurn.
The Challenges Of Reforming Health Care In A Partisan Era
Ideas to reform health care, elections, politicians, society, and the family with Avik Roy and John Podhoretz.
The Future of Tradition
Transmitting the visceral ethical code of civilization
The Quest for Cosmic Justice
If we could create the universe from scratch, we’d all make sure that no one ever suffered misfortunes or disadvantages. The problem is that we don’t get to create the universe from scratch. Hoover fellow Thomas Sowell argues that the quest for cosmic justice is ultimately at odds with the administration of true justice.
Conservatism and the University Curriculum
The political science departments at elite private universities such as Harvard and Yale, at leading small liberal arts colleges like Swarthmore and Williams, and at distinguished large public universities like the University of Maryland and the University of California, Berkeley, offer undergraduates a variety of courses on a range of topics...
Words as Weapons
Peter Schweizer and Wynton C. Hall tell how they captured history in their new book, a look at oratory that was powerful bot on the podium and in society.
It’s the Culture, Stupid
Why Orwell Matters
The world of Nineteen Eighty-Four may have ended in 1989, the year the Berlin Wall came down, but George Orwell’s writing remains as relevant today as ever. Hoover Fellow Timothy Garton Ash explains why.
DOES ORWELL MATTER? George Orwell
George Orwell was one of the great journalists and political writers of the twentieth century. His writings on the great political struggles of that century—imperialism, fascism, Stalinism—in books such as Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm, and 1984, are revered. But is Orwell relevant to the main political and cultural issues of our present day? Or should we read Orwell merely out of an appreciation for language and history?