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.”

The 41st Hoover retreat, held October 18–20, featured presentations by leading experts on topics that are dominating the headlines.

Edward Lazear, the Morris Arnold Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, offers insight into the current economic recovery and notes that the president has kept just 37 percent of his promises so far.

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, offers insights into the Immigration bill before Congress, notes that it is a step in the right direction but needs strengthening in the area of the merit-based immigration.

At the Hoover Institution, the Summer Policy Boot Camp reflects a major rethinking about how to train people to become successful policy leaders. While students may learn about policy issues and analysis in the classroom, some Stanford scholars say that they do not always develop the skills needed after college to deliver policy results in the real world.

The Hoover Institution Fall Retreat, October 24-26, 2004, again captured the times with speakers addressing current public policy and events that affect our lives.

Edward Lazear, the Morris Arnold Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, offers insight into the potential tax legislation and the outlook for the US economy. Lazear notes that taxes behave differently than spending. “The gain we get from reducing taxes is always greater than the gain we get from another stimulus.”

Edward Lazear, the Morris Arnold Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, offers insights into the current economic recovery, noting that we are a long way from where we need to be. In assessing Mitt Romney’s plan for the economy, Lazear says that the US economy is not seeing the recovery we need because the focus has been on short-term growth that gives a quick bump to the economy but does not really change anything. The United States, Lazear avers, needs long-term structural changes, such as broadening the tax base, lowering the tax rates, and improving trade, for the economy to recover.

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Hoover Institution Fellow Ed Lazear provides a briefing on COVID-19 and today's jobs report.