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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...
What Obama Isn't Saying
The apolitical politics of progressivism. . . .
James Buckley discusses the challenges we face after the 2012 election
This week on Uncommon Knowledge, author and former Senator James Buckley discusses the transformation of the federal government and the challenges we face after the 2012 election. (28:30)
“It is going to be an extraordinary challenge for [future generations] but there are certain realities that are going to be faced. If the debt goes off on the trajectory it is currently on, in terms of devastating, destroying the economic basis of the country my grandchildren are going to face problems that I never dreamed of and you never dreamed of. Nevertheless insofar as they pay any attention of any advice I might give them it would be you have responsibilities not only to yourself and your family but to the public.”
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...
Postpartisan Preening
“Beyond politics,” the latest mantra in Washington, is at best astoundingly naive. By Harvey C. Mansfield.
The Businessman and the Intellectual
Despite endless debate about the issues, the presidential contest comes down to character. By James W. Ceaser.
Obama lied and the economy died
As President Clinton’s campaign mouthpiece James Carville put it so succinctly in the 1990s, “It’s the economy, stupid...
Taylor's Ruling: Government Created Credit Crisis
James Freeman interviews Stanford professor John Taylor about how Washington created the credit meltdown...
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.
Is An Economic Relapse Coming?
Discussing whether the economy should brace itself for a relapse, with Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report; Niall Ferguson, Harvard University and James Paulsen, Wells Capital Management...
The Minimum Wage And Monopsony
I promised a few weeks ago to "write a further note explaining a more-sophisticated way of understanding the harmful effects of the minimum wage." This isn't it.
Lee Ohanian On The John Batchelor Show (32:47)
Lee Ohanian discusses his thoughts about the fare share of the tax bill.
Audit The Fed? That's A Terrible Idea
In a week when Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen got grilled pretty hard on Capitol Hill, and Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, said the central bank was likely to start raising interest rates this year, there were a couple items that stood out as important with respect to future policy decisions.
Fed Struggled In 2009 Over How To Boost Economy, Papers Show
As the Great Recession inflicted worsening damage on the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve struggled during 2009 to determine the best corrective steps to pursue.
Charles Blahous On The John Batchelor Show (9:35)
Charles Blahous talks about the Congressional Budget Office and the influence on elections.
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.
Borio, Erdem, Filardo And Hofmann On The Costs Of Deflation
Claudio Borio, Magdalena Erdem, Andrew Filardo and Boris Hofmann have a nice paper, "The costs of deflations: a historical perspective"
Kevin Warsh On CNBC
Hoover fellow Kevin Warsh says the markets have been "absolutely spoiled by the Federal Reserve" and its accommodative monetary policy since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. The inflation excuse for not rushing into rate hikes is not sound, he said. "The reality is inflation is not a problem;" it's not too low.
Policy Powerhouse
Both a scholar and a skillful practitioner of the art of practical politics, the late Hoover fellow Martin Anderson took transformative ideas and made them real.
Liberty City
Dekornfeld: But nothing would prepare him [James Massey] for what he would find in Von Ormy because all those classes were about building city government. And in Von Ormy, the sole goal seemed to be the opposite.