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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...
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)
Intelligence and Security with James Woolsey
James Woolsey discusses the failure of the intelligence community in the run-up to the Iraq war and considers Barak Obama’s selection of Leon Panetta to head the CIA in light of the historical relationship between the president and the CIA director. He outlines the challenges the intelligent community faces in what he calls America’s war against “theocratic totalitarianism.” Finally, he asserts that it is imperative for us to destroy oil as a strategic commodity – not only for our security but also for the good of the planet. (36:56 ) Video transcript
"Reinventing Nuclear Power" With James O. Ellis, Jr.
Taking a fresh look at nuclear power in a time of newfound domestic energy abundance.
Will Robots Take Over American Jobs? Elizabeth Cobbs And James Shelley Discuss Documentary, Claim “We Fear Things That Make Our Lives Better”
Hoover Institution fellow Elizabeth Cobbs and James Shelley discuss their new PBS documentary, CyberWork and The American Dream.
Ending the Oil Era: An Interview with R. James Woolsey Jr.
Reliance on oil is a major environmental concern and national security issue among industrialized nations, particularly the United States, which uses and imports more oil than any other country. Former CIA director and Hoover Institution senior fellow R. James Woolsey Jr. talks about his take on ending the oil era.
Costs and Benefits
James Pethokoukis calls it Al Gore's $307 Trillion Gamble, pointing out the costs of actions and the benefits of inaction on global warming...
Area 45: California: Back In Blackouts Again?
James Sweeney explains the differences between crises present and past, and suggests ways California can better balance population and environmental concerns.
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 Tale Of Four Droughts
California is not suffering one drought, but four. Each is a metaphor of what California has become.
Arezki, Ramey, And Sheng On News Shocks
I attended the NBER EFG (economic fluctuations and growth) meeting a few weeks ago, and saw a very nice paper by Rabah Arezki, Valerie Ramey, and Liugang Sheng, "News Shocks in Open Economies: Evidence from Giant Oil Discoveries" (There were a lot of nice papers, but this one is more bloggable.)
Going with the Market Flow
Even when the drought ends, California and the West will continue to thirst for water. Only a market can direct the flow where it needs to go.
Economists weigh Prop. 87 arguments: Those on both sides of oil-tax measure stretching to make case about effects on production, revenue
If there's one thing economists hate, it's a political ad making questionable claims about finance…
Economics 101: Demand is the demon behind high gas prices
The nation's journey to $3 per gallon gas has been more like a drag race than a meandering road trip…
Calif. Ballot Battle Over Big Oil May Be Costliest in U.S. History
Call it the battle of Big Oil vs. Silicon Valley with a whole lot of Hollywood funding thrown in…
Big Government As The New Terminator
Social observers from Aristotle and Juvenal to James Madison and George Orwell have all warned of the dangers of out-of-control government. Lately, we have seen plenty of proof that they were frighteningly correct.
No Shortage Of Talent At Space Foundations' Space Technology And Investment Forum
Investing in space to build our future is the subject at hand ... Satnews' Publisher, Silvano Payne attended today's Space Technology and Investment Forum.
Job-Saving Technologies
This is an age of anxiety about the job-killing effects of automation, with dire headlines warning that the rise of robots will render entire occupational categories obsolete. But this fatalism assumes that we are powerless to harness what we create to improve our lives – and, indeed, our jobs.
Carbon Compromise?
In a remarkable and clear oped "A Conservative Answer to Climate Change" James Baker and George Shultz lay out the case for a carbon tax in place of the complex, cronyist and ineffective regulatory approach to controlling carbon emissions.
Robert Reich: A Carbon Tax Would Give Each Family $2,000 A Year
A group of former Republican administration officials (including James A. Baker, Henry Paulson, George P. Shultz, Marty Feldstein and Greg Mankiw) is proposing a carbon tax that would start at $40 per ton and gradually increase.
Heed Republican Elders’ Carbon-Tax Wisdom
The Climate Leadership Council, including former Secretaries of State James Baker and George P. Shultz, former Treasury head Henry Paulson and leading conservative economists, calls for taxing corporate polluters and sending the proceeds to Americans in the forms of dividends.