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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...
Inequality And Economic Policy Says Growth And Reducing Poverty Is Key
The Hoover Institution Press today released Inequality and Economic Policy: Essays in Memory of Gary Becker in which a group of distinguished economists take a broad-based look at income inequality. The essays examine how and whether inequality is increasing and what role, if any, the government should play. This book is in memory of the late economist Gary Becker, a Nobel Prize winner and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
If Only Hillary And Bernie Would Recall JFK
Kennedy knew ‘a rising tide lifts all boats.’ Today’s Democrats prefer class warfare over prosperity.
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Hoover Joins National Review Institute In Celebrating The Golden Anniversary Of William F. Buckley Jr.’s Firing Line
In May and June, Hoover Library & Archives joined National Review Institute in hosting three fiftieth anniversary events in honor of William F. Buckley Jr.'s landmark television show, Firing Line. The events in Dallas, New York, and Washington DC coincided with Hoover's current exhibition, Civil Discourse: William F. Buckley Jr.'s Firing Line, 1966-1999, now on display in the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion.
New Photos from Hoover’s Summer Board of Overseers Meeting
In addition to discussing strategy and programs, Hoover’s biannual Board of Overseers Meetings include talks by Hoover fellows, dinners and social gatherings, and behind-the-scenes looks at institution activities. This collection of photos from Hoover’s summer Board of Overseers Meeting, held in July at the institution’s Stanford University campus, shares the experience.
General Jim Mattis Nominated To Be Twenty-Sixth Secretary Of Defense
General Jim Mattis, the Davies Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Hoover and former commander of US Central Command, has been nominated to serve as the twenty-sixth secretary of defense in the administration of President-Elect Donald Trump.
Keeping The Lights On At America’S Nuclear Power Plants: The Cornerstone Of America’s Central Position In The Global Nuclear Enterprise
As President Trump recently announced efforts to revive nuclear energy, the Hoover Institution Press released Keeping the Lights on at America’s Nuclear Power Plants, which examines nuclear power plant closures in America during a period of economic instability and fundamental policy challenges.
Cardinal Conversations: Danielle Brown, Claude M. Steele And John Etchemendy On "When Free Expression And Inclusion Collide: A Dilemma Of The Times"
The Hoover Institution hosts "Cardinal Conversations: Danielle Brown, Claude M. Steele and John Etchemendy on 'When Free Expression and Inclusion Collide: A Dilemma of the Times'" on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm PST.
Exploring Strategies For Monetary Policy
Top economists and policy makers discussed the efficacy of different approaches to monetary policy at the Hoover Institution on May 3. More than 180 people attended the sixth annual Monetary Policy Conference – titled “Strategies for Monetary Policy: A Policy Conference” – in the David and Joan Traitel Building’s Hauck Auditorium. Hoover economist John Taylor organized the event, which included formal presentations, policy panels, and in-depth discussions by academic researchers, market participants, members of the media, and policy makers from the Federal Reserve.
Hoover Institution Press: Looking Backward and Forward, by Charles Wolf Jr.
Looking Backward and Forward: Policy Issues in the Twenty-first Century (Hoover Institution Press, 2008) is a collection of twenty–five essays written by Hoover senior research fellow Charles Wolf Jr. between 2002 and early 2007.
Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers
Perverse Incentives of the Lawyers Guild
Law schools are in trouble. Applications are down almost 50% to an estimated 54,000 this year from 100,000 in 2004. Little wonder.
Institutions and Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Hoover IP² partnered with Liege Competition and Innovation Center and Center for Intellectual Property
Mississippi Turning
This weekend saw the summer solstice and the longest day of the year. Tuesday – and a statewide election in Mississippi – brings to close another chapter in what may be the longest saga in Republican politics: rival party factions at war.
Academic Freedom and Academic Standards
Anti-Semitism and the case of Steven Salaita.
The Ubiquity Of Terrorism
Last December, Donald Trump roiled the presidential race by calling for a “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.”
Responding To Hurricanes While Assuming No More Wars
The 1938 hurricane season resulted in 700 fatalities. The lack of technology to provide early warning caused that high number. In the current cases of Texas and Florida, casualties are far less because we have early, accurate warning and have learned how to prepare. But since we cannot change nature, we cannot prevent the physical damage and so Congress appropriates vast sums—likely to exceed $150 billion—to repair.
The Structural Foundations Of Monetary Policy
In The Structural Foundations of Monetary Policy, Michael D. Bordo, John H. Cochrane, and Amit Seru bring together discussions and presentations from the Hoover Institution’s annual monetary policy conference. The conference participants discuss long-run monetary issues facing the world economy, with an emphasis on deep, unresolved structural questions. They explore vital issues affecting the Federal Reserve, the United States’ central bank. They voice concern over the Fed’s independence, governance, and ability to withstand future shocks and analyze the effects of its monetary policies and growing balance sheet in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
The “Miracle” Of Dunkirk
For those of us stuck in social isolation, which would be just about everyone these days, binge watching TV and cable series has turned from an occasional weekend activity to a national pastime. Stuck in a post-“Game of Thrones” void, I asked my students for suggestions on what to watch. They turned me on to “The Man in the High Castle,” a four-season drama about a dystopian alternate universe in which the Axis powers win World War II and establish puppet states in North America.