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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...
Honesty for Hire
A few countries have found a way to stop graft and foster political stability: hire foreigners to collect their revenue. By Kris James Mitchener and Noel Maurer.
The Piketty Fallacy
Whither the Tax Revolt?
Poll after poll shows that Americans today feel overtaxed, frustrated, and ready for change. So why hasn’t there been a tax revolt? By Hoover media fellow Amity Shlaes.
Open the Gate
James Kirchick on Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders by Jason Riley
The Center Cannot Hold
President Obama? A centrist? The administration’s economic policy and budget have now destroyed that illusion. By Michael J. Boskin.
Food Stamps: The Never-Ending Story
Amid the poverty of the Great Depression, government programs such as food stamps may have made sense. But today this runaway entitlement is impossible to justify. By Jeffrey M. Jones.
Beware the Funny Money
Hoover fellow Milton Friedman talks with Hoover media fellow Peter Brimelow about inflation, currency values, and the Asian crisis. An end-of-the-century interview with one of the century’s great economists.
Why the Republican Congress Hasn’t Cut Your Taxes
Republicans control both houses of Congress—yet taxes as a percentage of GDP remain at an all-time high. How can this be? Hoover media fellow Tom Bethell explains.
Give It Back
Washington has pronounced the era of big government dead. So why do we still find ourselves saddled with a tax system more worthy of socialist Europe than the land of the free? By Hoover media fellow Amity Shlaes.
What Would Hamilton Do?
Revisiting the founding father to whom a national debt, properly funded, represented “a national blessing.” By Michael W. McConnell.
The Court that Couldn't Say "Stop!"
At a crucial moment, the Roberts court blinked, setting back both the Constitution and any dreams of limited federal power. By John Yoo.
Franklin Delano Obama
How the Fed Let the World Blow Up in 2008
The Politics of Envy
Redistribution schemes can’t reduce income inequality. What can? Education, stable families, and work. By Jeffrey M. Jones and Daniel Heil.
Absence of Judgment
What social workers really think about the poor
CPR for Tax Reform
Tax-cut advocates try to regain some momentum
The Palestinian Proletariat
Permanent refugees, generation after generation: these are the fruit of a U.N. agency that blocks both peace and a Palestinian state. By Michael S. Bernstam.
Health Care: The Prognosis
Debt: The Shame of Cities and States
Taxing Private Equity
Anomalies of a Byzantine tax code