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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...
Policy Seminar with Michael Boskin
Michael Boskin, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics at Stanford University, discussed “Why Is Social Security So Hard to Reform and What Can Be Done About It?”
Perspectives on 2019
In 2019, the United States faced many confounding policy issues, both at home and abroad: trade, immigration, health care reform including Medicare for All, socialism, China, the Middle East, Russia, North Korea, and impeachment. Throughout it all in publications across the country, Hoover fellows offered thoughtful insights, ideas, and policy recommendations all grounded in serious scholarship. Here is a selection of their work in reverse chronological order.
An Era of Tenuous Majorities
The United States is currently experiencing an almost unprecedented period of electoral instability. Why?
The Myth Of Growing Polarization
Contrary to public perception, the American people are not segregating themselves into “ideological silos.”
Making Sense Of Trump's Win
It's clear that voters supported the Republican despite, not because of, his incendiary positions.
Perspectives on 2020
2020 has been a year like no other. The United States faced many confounding policy issues, both at home and abroad, many in response to the coronavirus. Throughout it all in publications across the country, Hoover fellows offered thoughtful insights, ideas, and policy recommendations all grounded in serious scholarship. Here is a selection of their work in reverse chronological order.
Hoover Fellows Examine COVID-19’s Impact on the Western United States
Hoover senior fellows provided analysis of COVID-19’s impact on the public health and economies of America’s western states in a two-part symposium copresented by the Hoover Institution and Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West.
Rethinking Policy Education: The Summer Policy Boot Camp
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.
Hoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp Faculty
Hoover fellow Lazear named to American Association for the Advancement of Science
Edward Lazear, the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 2006 to 2009, was selected for “founding the field of personnel economics, establishing the Society of Labor Economists, extraordinary public service and dedicated mentoring of junior and female economists.” His research centers on employee incentives, promotions, compensation, and productivity in firms. Click here for more information.
The Ambassador and the Post Office
At one time, people in India had to get on a waiting list to buy Hindustan Motors' Ambassador automobile, even though it was an obvious copy of Britain's Morris Oxford of some decades earlier. The reason was simple: the Indian government would not allow cars to be imported to compete with it.
A Strategy For Trump: Escape The Washington Bubble, Tout His Agenda, Pressure Congress
Years ago, the political strategist Dick Morris liked to suggest that America’s chief executive suffered from a split personality – a “Saturday night Bill Clinton” who lacked good moral judgment; a more pious “Sunday morning President Clinton” who was a devoted public servant.
American Economic Association Recognizes Edward Lazear
The American Economic Association (AEA) has named Edward Lazear the Davies Family Professor of Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a recipient of its 2019 Distinguished Fellow awards.
Teaching Reform
Those who fear that the big problem with America’s schools is the teachers who work in them would be heartened by spending a little time at an Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) conclave. Sydney Morris and Evan Stone launched Educators 4 Excellence in 2010 to push unions and schools to get serious about recognizing excellence and addressing mediocrity.
New study shines a light on Beijing’s secretive international lending program
A collection of research institutions helps to shed light on the extent of debt trap diplomacy practiced by the People’s Republic of China through opaque lending practices.
by Anna Gelpern, Sebastian Horn, Scott Morris, Brad Parks and Christoph Trebesch
(Silicon) Valley Girls... and Boys
If Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina emerge at the top of the California Republican ticket, you can expect more stories like this one in the San Jose Mercury News — a
5 Debate Questions
The three Republicans looking to unseat Barbara Boxer — Tom Campbell, Chuck DeVore and Carly Fiorina — square off for an hour-long debate this afternoon in Sacramento, starting at noon, on radio’s “Capitol Hour” show hosted by Eric Hogue. . . .
Show Me the Money
The busiest political activity in California today won’t be out in public, on the campaign trail.
A Citizenship Test — But Not Just For Students
Carly Fiorina recommends that all students take an American citizenship test in their school career. The New Yorker reported that “the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks state legislation, reported that seven states—Arizona, Idaho, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah—passed such laws in the first half of the year; in July, they were joined by Wisconsin.”
Davenport: Republican Disruptors Not Uber Successful
Republicans are becoming the party of disruptors. The Freedom Caucus in the House was successful at wearing out Speaker John Boehner and running off his likely successor Kevin McCarthy. Meanwhile, in the presidential campaign, Republican disruptors are winning. The three outsiders—Trump, Carson and Fiorina—have a collective 54 percent in support, with all the rest who have been officeholders at 39 percent.