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Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Since 2019, he has been serving on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff in the office of the secretary. He is a 2017 winner of the ...
Our Brave New World
Be careful when one uses the superlative case—best, most, -est, etc.—or evokes end-of-the-world imagery...
Capitalism, Socialism, And Freedom
Despite the fundamental distinction between the two, misunderstandings of capitalism and socialism — and their implications for freedom — abound, and usually in favor socialism. In these circumstances, a return to the basics is warranted. The 17th-century writings of John Locke in defense of political and economic freedom and the 19th- century critique by Karl Marx of political and economic freedom represent classics of the genre.
Peter Henry on Growth, Development, and Policy
Peter Blair Henry of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about economic development...
The Road Ahead for the Fed, by George Shultz, Allan Meltzer, Peter Fisher, Donald Kohn, James Hamilton, John Taylor, Myron Scholes, Darrell Duffie, Andrew Crockett, Michael Halloran, Richard Herring, and John Ciorciari
In this new book, The Road Ahead for the Fed (Hoover Press, 2009), coeditors John B. Taylor and John D. Ciorciari bring together twelve leading experts to examine and debate proposals for financial reform and exit strategies from the financial crisis.
The Dutch Disease: Peter the Great's Real Legacy?
Russia is abuzz with talk of the Dutch disease. The current conventional wisdom as summarized in a June 20, 2001, Wall Street Journal article entitled "Russia's Strong Ruble Damps Hopes for Extended Growth" is that high commodities prices are causing an economic slowdown, threatening Russia's recovery.
From Hoover Press: The Road Ahead for the Fed, by George Shultz, Allan Meltzer, Peter Fisher, Donald Kohn, James Hamilton, John Taylor, Myron Scholes, Darrell Duffie, Andrew Crockett, Michael Halloran, Richard Herring, John Ciorciari
In this new book, The Road Ahead for the Fed (Hoover Press, 2009), coeditors John B. Taylor and John D. Ciorciari bring together twelve leading experts to examine and debate proposals for financial reform and exit strategies from the financial crisis...
Summer 2013 Board of Overseers’ Meeting at Hoover
The Hoover Institution hosted its annual Board of Overseers’ summer meeting during July 9–11, 2013.
The program began on Tuesday evening with before-dinner remarks by Paul D. Clement, a partner at Bancroft PLLC. Clement served as the forty-third solicitor general of the United States from June 2005 until June 2008. He has argued more than sixty-five cases before the US Supreme Court. During Clement’s speech, titled “Federalism in the Roberts Court,” he talked about the revitalization of federalism in the Rehnquist court “imposing some limits on the federal government’s power vis-a-vis the states.”
Architects of Ruin
With Architects of Ruin, Peter Schweizer again delivers a knockout punch of a book that is the must read of the season for conservatives and should be a main topic of conversation for conservative media. . . .
The Bernanke Trade
Discussing whether Ben Bernanke is good for the markets, with Donald Luskin, Trend Macro; Peter Navarro, University of California and John Taylor, Stanford University. . . .
Reason.tv: Richard Epstein on Barack Obama, his former Chicago law colleague
Hoover fellow Epstein discusses the economy on the John Batchelor Show
Richard Epstein, the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force, notes that redistribution and stimulus will not create jobs but that a massive liberalization of labor markets will.
Economic Armageddon—Fact or Fiction?
Richard Epstein, the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, responds to David Stockman's New York Times opinion piece and its warnings of impending economic catastrophe.
The Balanced Budget Amendment
Richard Epstein the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, considers the case for a Balanced Budget Amendment, how to get Washington's spending habits under control, and the difficulties inherent in amending the Constitution.
G-20 Expanding Global Trade
"Just -- and I hope you were able to hear of some of the points that Peter was making job reaction what what what's coming out of London again."...
The National Debt
Richard Epstein the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, weighs in on the politics of the fiscal cliff and the fight over the debt ceiling. He considers the potential consequences of the nation's current debt crisis and wraps up with prescriptions to get the nation back on a sounder fiscal footing.
James Delingpole: Great Britain, the Green Movement, and the End of the World
This week on Uncommon Knowledge columnist James Delingpole discusses, with Hoover research fellow Peter Robinson, the European Union, the Green movement, and socialized medicine. (47:41)
The Corona Economy with John B. Taylor
AUDIO ONLY
The huge impact of the COVID-19 virus on the US and world economies.
Epstein & Taylor: Are We All Keynesians Now?: Chapter 4 of 5
How well did our leaders handle the financial crisis? . . .
Housing with Thomas Sowell: Chapter 5 of 5
Thomas Sowell scrutinizes the economic proposals of the Obama administration...
Housing with Thomas Sowell: Chapter 4 of 5
Thomas Sowell details the pitfalls of New Deal thinking...