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Morris P. Fiorina is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. His current research focuses on elections and public opinion with particular attention to the quality of representation: how well the positions of elected...
The Hoover Institution Retreat was held October 19–21, 2008
STANFORD—A number of issues were discussed, including the presidential election, financial markets, the credit crunch, property rights and democracy in Latin America...
The Hoover Institution Hosts Retreat
STANFORD—A wide range of topics were covered at the Hoover Institution retreat held November 19 and 20, including the economy, election results, scientific issues, and cultural and political issues.
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Hoover Political Scientists Among Most Cited In Academia
Five of the top 25 most-cited American political scientists are Hoover senior fellows. A new report from the American Political Science Association examined journal citations of 4,089 tenure-track faculty members at 133 doctorate-granting political science departments in the United States.
Yes, Be Very Worried Over Growing Polarization
Beware a fetish for 'data' and faux statistical exactitude.
November 2011 Retreat at the Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution hosted its annual November Retreat beginning on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, and ending on Thursday, November 17, 2011. The before-dinner remarks on Wednesday were given by Daniel Henninger, deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page. John Raisian, the Tad and Dianne Taube Director, gave welcoming remarks in which he discussed social media outlets, including Facebook, Twitter, iTunes, YouTube, and Kindle; the working groups and task forces and their current progress; and immigration policy.
Boot Camp Prepares Students For Policy-Making Roles
A look at the 2019 Summer Policy Boot Camp.
Summer 2012 Board of Overseers’ Meeting at the Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution hosted its annual Board of Overseers’ summer meeting during July 10–12, 2012.
The program began on Tuesday evening with two dinner presentations hosted by John Raisian. Hoover fellows Daniel Kessler and Michael McConnell discussed “Health Care and the Constitution,” with McConnell beginning by speaking to the current health care situation as affected by the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act and explained the difference between mandates enforced by a penalty versus a tax. Kessler spoke about changing the subsidy formula, Medicaid and Medicare, and the need to “get costs down.”
Hoover Institution Hosts October Retreat 2009
The 41st Hoover retreat, held October 18–20, featured presentations by leading experts on topics that are dominating the headlines.
Lazear discusses immigration and monetary policy on Bloomberg Television's Market Makers
Edward Lazear, the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, in discussing the immigration legislation being considered by the US Senate, recommends supporting a liberal immigration policy. Lazear also weighs in on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.
Edward Lazear and Niall Ferguson: COVID-19: Today’s Historic Jobs Report | Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing
Hoover Institution Fellows Edward Lazear and Niall Ferguson: COVID-19: Today’s Historic Jobs Report.
Workshop on the Future of Central Banking
On March 30, the Hoover Institution’s Working Group on Global Markets convened a one-day policy workshop on the future of central banking.
Hoover Conference Questions Use of Government Bailouts and Proposes Alternatives for Failing Companies
The recent extension of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) through October 3, 2010, is the latest government action in more than a year of bailouts of banks and other businesses.
Hoover Institution May 2009 Retreat
Democracy was the topic of remarks by former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice at the Hoover Institution May 2009 retreat dinner on May 26.
Panel II: Responses: Security In The Age Of Liberal Democratic Erosion
Security in the Age of Liberal Democratic Erosion will focus on the critical security challenges facing liberal democracies and examine the threats of external adversaries and how democracies can respond.
The Hoover Institution's Board of Overseers meeting in Washington, D.C.
The presidential election, state department outlook, and global upheaval were discussed at Board of Overseers meeting.
Hoover Institution April 2009 Retreat
The Honorable John Howard, former Australian prime minister, offered before–dinner remarks at the Hoover Institution’s April 2009 Spring Retreat on Sunday, April 26.
Spring 2012 Retreat at the Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution Spring 2012 Retreat began on Sunday, April 22, 2012, with before-dinner remarks by John Stossel, a commentator on the Fox Business Network, where he hosts Stossel, a weekly program highlighting current consumer issues from a libertarian viewpoint. Before joining Fox, he coanchored ABC’s prime-time news magazine show 20/20. He discussed his new book No, They Can’t: Why Government Fails—but Individuals Succeed, which depicts Stossel’s ideas of “what we’re imprinted to believe and what reality has taught [him].” Stossel, in talking about how people are unsatisfied with the government today and how the free market system works better for our society, stressed how “central planning appeals to people” and how we are “programmed to follow the central planner.”