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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 Tax Collector vs. The Constitution
Miller on the John Batchelor Show
James C. Miller III, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission against Google on the John Batchelor Show.
John Taylor On The John Batchelor Show (19:28)
John Taylor discusses inflation, monetary policy, Milton Firedman, and a rules based Federal Reserve so congress can audit the Fed.
Vet Proposes Change To Military Pay And Benefits
Military pay and benefits is not only a Defense Department issue, but also an economic one. And Tim Kane, a former Air Force officer turned research fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, wants to offer an alternative to fix system that he sees has been faltering for years.
David Henderson On The John Batchelor Show (32:40)
Hoover fellow David Henderson discusses the double taxation of savings and investments in our current system and the Rubio-Lee tax plan. Henderson notes that Rubio-Lee reduces double taxation but does nothing to reduce marginal tax rates or encourage a more pro-growth strategy.
In Republican Attacks On The Fed, Experts See A Shift
At a hearing in February, Representative Scott Garrett, a New Jersey Republican, complained that Congress and the Federal Reserve had traded places.
Public Choice and Regulation: A View from inside the Federal Trade Commission
Until recently there have been almost no analyses of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as a political institution—that is, one driven both by internal incentives and by ties to a larger political body that, in turn, responds to its own political and economic pressures.
Co-Author: Robert MacKay
Hoover Senior Fellow Kenneth L. Judd Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Monopoly Politics
Miller shows that, as in commercial markets, victims of monopoly power in politics pay higher prices and get less in return. He details how political markets resist being organized competitively and thus not performing as well as commercial markets, and explains how this lack of competition is caused by political incumbents rigging political markets to protect themselves.
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.”
Rent Control Hits the Supreme Court
Megamergers—and Megafallacies
Is the recent wave of corporate megamergers cause for alarm? On the contrary, argues Hoover fellow David W. Brady. The new corporate giants are incorporating the best management techniques from around the world. Bigger isn’t better. Better is better.
Progressively Worse
Teaching The Federalist
What happens when South Korean students take a close look at American democracy. By Peter Berkowitz.
An Electrifying Proposal
Deregulation has made airline travel, telephone service, and natural gas much cheaper for consumers. So why not dismantle another set of monopolies—electric utilities? By Hoover fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan.
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.
Glimpses of Economic Liberty
Bit by bit, courts are being forced to ponder the laws and licenses that stifle people’s freedom to work. By Clint Bolick.