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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
The State Of Conservatism Today
JMC board members Bill Kristol and James Ceaser will discuss contemporary conservatism with Eliana Johnson and Ross Douthat at Yale on April 3, 2018.
What Obama Isn't Saying
The apolitical politics of progressivism. . . .
Angry Americans Disrupt Town- Hall Healthcare Talks
At scattered events across the United States, protesters are confronting members of Congress whose summer "town hall" meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about overhauling healthcare...
My Goodness, Your Badness
Social science has confirmed what political observers have been telling us for months: There is a clamor in America to dampen the spirit of intense partisanship that prevails in Washington...
A War President and His Party
Will Democrats be able to keep from criticizing Obama on Afghanistan? . . .
I’m OK—You’re a Selfish, Partisan Hypocrite
A Hoover/ Economist survey of political attitudes finds voters in no mood for postpartisan lovey-dovey. By James W. Ceaser.
Charles Hill And General James Mattis On The Iran Deal, Democracy, And Freedom
Recorded on July 16, 2015 - Hoover fellows Charles Hill and James Mattis discuss the Iran deal and the state of the world on Uncommon Knowledge with Hoover fellow Peter Robinson. In their view the United States has handed over its leading role to Iran and provided a dowry along with it.
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...
Taylor's Ruling: Government Created Credit Crisis
James Freeman interviews Stanford professor John Taylor about how Washington created the credit meltdown...
Hamilton on Debt, Default, and Oil
James Hamilton of the University of California, San Diego, and blogger at EconBrowser talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the rising levels of the national debt and the growing Federal budget deficit. . . .
A Feature Not A Bug In The Policy Rules Bill
In his opening line of questions for Janet Yellen at the Senate Banking Committee today, Senator Richard Shelby asked about the use of monetary policy rules and the Taylor Rule, apparently referring to the recent policy rules bill (Section 2 of HR 5018) that would require the Fed to report its strategy or rule for policy.
Janet Yellen’s Speech On Policy Rules
For many years, going back to the days before Google and Google Scholar helped us find and keep track of things, I created a monetary policy rule home page with links to papers, articles and speeches on policy rules, including a written version of a 1996 speech by Janet Yellen on the Taylor rule.
Lanhee Chen On The Hugh Hewitt Radio Show
Lanhee Chen talks about what congress should do regarding the outcome of the King vs. Burwell Supreme Court case.
CBO Says ACA Will Insure Fewer People Than Predicted
The Congressional Budget Office’s new report shows updated cost projections for the insurance coverage expansion in the Affordable Care Act.
Central Banks Without Rules Are Like Doctors Without Checklists
Recent proposals for policy rules legislation have led to a fascinating replay of issues that have long been at the heart of the rules versus discretion debate.
The Clock Is Ticking On The 215 Sunset—And Why That Matters
Tick. Tick. Tick.
That’s the sound of time slipping away before the June 1 sunset of the Patriot Act 215 provision. We’re now within two months of the sunset.
California, There She Goes
When Senator Boxer leaves office—the first of California’s “big three” to retire—expect havoc and mayhem.
The Public Choice Behind Carbon Taxes
Jerry Taylor of the Niskanen Center, who co-authored an excellent piece, "Energy," in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, has a post titled "Oil and Gas Industry Opinions about Climate Change."
The Strange Case Of Harold Koh At NYU
The proper criticism of Koh is not that he was a shill for the drone program, though he did speak at ASIL on the subject. It is that he threw significant roadblocks in the way of the program and gummed up the works with policy objections masked as legal objections.
Colorado Republicans Seek to Pull Out Of Common Core Standards
Following the state Board of Education’s endorsement of a Republican-sponsored bill to remove Colorado from the Common Core standards and aligned assessments, the Colorado GOP is seeking to reverse its stance on the controversial nationalized education initiative.

