While the political parties duke it out over divisive social issues, the majority of Americans remain steadfastly in the middle. . . .

STANFORD—The Hoover Institution hosted a donor retreat on November 17 and 18 during which experts in their fields discussed timely political and economic matters. Topics covered by the speakers at the retreat included a postelection President Obama, federalism, the economy, Social Security, health care reform, and an analysis of the election results.

On April 8, 2020, Josh D. Rauh presented on “The Fiscal Policy Response to the Coronavirus and What We've Learned” at a virtual meeting of the Hoover Working Group on Economic Policy. 

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.”

“Carly Fiorina will probably regret her push for vaccine ‘choice,’” predicted a Washington Post headline last week, referring to statements she made while campaigning in Iowa for the GOP presidential nomination.

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 economic impact of the Obama administration's new immigration policies.

Lawrence Summers, President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, and former U.S. treasury secretary, talked about “Responsible Nationalism.” 

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

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.