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• Select Amnesia at the Fed: How did the Federal Reserve lose control over inflation? By forgetting a hard-earned lesson of the 1970s: to tighten the money supply before inflation takes hold.

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  Amnesia at the Fed: How did the Federal Reserve lose control over inflation? By forgetting a hard-earned lesson of the 1970s: to tighten the money supply before inflation takes hold.

  Authors:Thomas J. Sargent and William L. SilberFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 2022500 words Article 1160LIs the Federal Reserve reviewing the connection between high inflation and the past two years of US monetary policy? A reporter asked Fed Chairman Jerome Powell that question at a June news conference. After...
• Select Seeking Sanctuary: Why even conservatives--perhaps especially conservatives--need to think twice before opposing sanctuary cities.

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  Seeking Sanctuary: Why even conservatives--perhaps especially conservatives--need to think twice before opposing sanctuary cities.

  Author:David L. LealFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20222,604 words Article 1380LDonald Trump fought "sanctuary cities" from the very start of his presidency, but these efforts came to an unsuccessful end in 2020 for two reasons. The first was that sanctuaries beat the administration at the Supreme...
• Select A Time for War--But Why? In the shadow of Ukraine, economist Chris Blattman takes on the mysteries of violence: the nuances of group decision making, of personalities, and of the economic choices that trigger conflict.

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  A Time for War--But Why? In the shadow of Ukraine, economist Chris Blattman takes on the mysteries of violence: the nuances of group decision making, of personalities, and of the economic choices that trigger conflict.

  Author:Russ RobertsFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20222,794 words Interview 980LRuss Roberts, EconTalk: My guest is economist and author Chris Blattman. Our topic for today is his book, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace. Why did you write a book, of all things, on war?...
• Select On the Cover.

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  On the Cover.

  Author:Charles LindseyFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 2022579 words Cover story 1380LAmong the warriors Americans celebrate this Veterans Day are the Tuskegee Airmen, the pioneering black fighter pilots who helped break the color bar during World War II. One such pilot was Robert W. Deiz, portrayed here...
• Select Welcome to the Ice Age: The long-forecast second cold war has begun in earnest, argues Hoover fellow Matt Pottinger, and the West must study the original conflict "not least because we won.".

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  Welcome to the Ice Age: The long-forecast second cold war has begun in earnest, argues Hoover fellow Matt Pottinger, and the West must study the original conflict "not least because we won.".

  Author:Adam O'NealFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20222,117 words Article 1290LRussia's invasion of Ukraine has brought death, destruction, and debate over historical analogies. Is this the summer of 1914, with great powers stumbling into a horrific global conflict? Or is it the Nazi-Soviet...
• Select No Case for Reparations: A state committee has come up with precisely the wrong way to help African-Americans.

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  No Case for Reparations: A state committee has come up with precisely the wrong way to help African-Americans.

  Author:Lee E. OhanianFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20221,247 words Article 1560LWhite supremacy. Systemic racism. These concepts form the theme of the interim report from California's Reparations Task Force. The choice to focus the report along these lines misses the factors that are far more...
• Select We Can Work It Out: Competition between China and the United States can still do both countries a world of good.

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  We Can Work It Out: Competition between China and the United States can still do both countries a world of good.

  Author:Michael SpenceFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20221,014 words Article 1360LIt is now widely accepted that the economic and technological relationship between the United States and China will be some combination of strategic cooperation and strategic competition. Strategic cooperation is largely...
• Select What Must Be Done: Hoover fellows John F. Cogan and Kevin Warsh have designed a strategy to revive America's economic first principles.

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  What Must Be Done: Hoover fellows John F. Cogan and Kevin Warsh have designed a strategy to revive America's economic first principles.

  Author:Jonathan MovroydisFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20222,398 words Interview 1180LHoover fellows John F. Cogan and Kevin Warsh are concerned that American leadership and institutions have strayed from the nation's foundational principles of private property rights, individual liberty, limited...
• Select As the Clever Hopes Expire: Have we reached the end of history? Russia and China have answered--in the negative.

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  As the Clever Hopes Expire: Have we reached the end of history? Russia and China have answered--in the negative.

  Author:Michael J. BoskinFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 2022958 words Article 1390LRussian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Chinese President Xi Jinping's increasing authoritarianism have belatedly awakened much of the world to the failure of a geopolitical wager made by the United...
• Select "Friend-Shoring" Isn't Friendly: This new form of protectionism--trade only with trusted partners--won't solve supply bottlenecks. What it will do is keep developing nations from sharing in the world's wealth.

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  "Friend-Shoring" Isn't Friendly: This new form of protectionism--trade only with trusted partners--won't solve supply bottlenecks. What it will do is keep developing nations from sharing in the world's wealth.

  Author:Raghuram G. RajanFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20221,128 words Article 1240LIn an important speech to the Atlantic Council in April, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued a welcome call for revitalizing the world economic order. But she also generated headlines with a single sentence advocating...
• Select Freedom for Native Americans: Hoover fellow Terry L. Anderson is enthusiastic about a new initiative to help American Indians, long robbed of autonomy, rebuild their traditional economic foundations.

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  Freedom for Native Americans: Hoover fellow Terry L. Anderson is enthusiastic about a new initiative to help American Indians, long robbed of autonomy, rebuild their traditional economic foundations.

  Author:Jonathan MovroydisFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20222,807 words Interview 1290LThe new book Renewing Indigenous Economies is the product of a Hoover research project led by senior fellow Terry L. Anderson. He describes it as fifty years in the making. Born and raised in south-central Montana near...
• Select Shocks to the World System: The battlefields of Ukraine offer invaluable military lessons. They also teach free nations about diplomacy, self-defense, and the risk of self-delusion.

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  Shocks to the World System: The battlefields of Ukraine offer invaluable military lessons. They also teach free nations about diplomacy, self-defense, and the risk of self-delusion.

  Author:H.R. McmasterFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 2022885 words Article 1340LThe Biden administration has been given an opportunity to align diplomatic efforts, defense strategies, energy security, and economic resilience across the free world. Discussions of these vital issues should aim for a...
• Select No More Wishful Thinking: The laws of economics can't be suspended, no matter how one spins the politics of bailouts and "stimulus.".

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  No More Wishful Thinking: The laws of economics can't be suspended, no matter how one spins the politics of bailouts and "stimulus.".

  Author:John H. CochraneFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20221,071 words Article 1310LInflation's return marks a tipping point. Demand has hit the brick wall of supply. Our economies are now producing all that they can. Moreover, this inflation is clearly rooted in excessively expansive fiscal policies....
• Select "We've Stopped Believing": Hoover fellow Harvey Mansfield, venerable and contrarian Harvard professor, speaks with his usual candor on what America lacks--and what it needs.

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  "We've Stopped Believing": Hoover fellow Harvey Mansfield, venerable and contrarian Harvard professor, speaks with his usual candor on what America lacks--and what it needs.

  Author:Peter RobinsonFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20222,905 words Interview 1000LPeter Robinson, Uncommon Knowledge: The political philosopher Harvey Mansfield arrived at Harvard University as an undergraduate in 1949 and has remained at Harvard ever since. After receiving his undergraduate degree...
• Select A Line in the Sand: Borders mean security, and the United States is failing to control its southern border. This endangers not just the country but also the whole world order.

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  A Line in the Sand: Borders mean security, and the United States is failing to control its southern border. This endangers not just the country but also the whole world order.

  Author:Nadia SchadlowFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 2022998 words Article 1350LThe disaster unfolding on America's southern border since 2020 is both a humanitarian tragedy and a threat to our national security. Hundreds of migrants have died while trying to cross the border, and federal agents...
• Select Back to the Dangerous Future: The West dreamed of perpetual peace--and now is awakening to perpetual danger.

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  Back to the Dangerous Future: The West dreamed of perpetual peace--and now is awakening to perpetual danger.

  Author:Josef JoffeFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20221,930 words Article 1050LDuring the Cold War, "Whither NATO?" was a classic yawner. Suddenly, the Soviet empire collapsed. After the last Russian soldier had left Central Europe in 1994, "whither" turned into "Why NATO?" Europe was reunified,...
• Select Warriors for Good: What, exactly, is worth fighting for? A Veterans Day reflection by Hoover fellow H. R. McMaster.

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  Warriors for Good: What, exactly, is worth fighting for? A Veterans Day reflection by Hoover fellow H. R. McMaster.

  Author:H.R. McMasterFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20223,165 words Article 1450LThe warrior ethos that emerged in the modern Western world has its origins in the warrior myth as embodied by Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War in the Iliad. In America, the warrior ethos evolved into a covenant that...
• Select A Pyrrhic Victory? Even if Russia achieved the complete subjugation of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin would never be able to proclaim "mission accomplished.".

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  A Pyrrhic Victory? Even if Russia achieved the complete subjugation of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin would never be able to proclaim "mission accomplished.".

  Author:Robert ServiceFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20221,002 words Article 1200LVladimir Putin has never been completely clear about his war aims. But he gives clues. He endlessly talks of the brotherhood of Russians and Ukrainians -- and in this relationship he always puts Russia first. In Ukraine...
• Select In the Room Where It Was Taped: Fifty years after the infamous Watergate break-in, scholars can now view the long-anticipated papers of John Ehrlichman -- one of President Nixon's most trusted aides, and an eyewitness to the power politics of 1970s Washington.

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  In the Room Where It Was Taped: Fifty years after the infamous Watergate break-in, scholars can now view the long-anticipated papers of John Ehrlichman -- one of President Nixon's most trusted aides, and an eyewitness to the power politics of 1970s Washington.

  Author:Jean Mcelwee CannonFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20222,438 words Article 1650LLawyer, decorated war veteran, Eagle Scout, top political aide, environmentalist, writer, artist, wisecracker, strategist, and conspirator: John Ehrlichman, who lived a life that took him from land-use law in sleepy...
• Select Weakness and Grandeur: The curse of Russian history: the country always wants more than it can get.

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  Weakness and Grandeur: The curse of Russian history: the country always wants more than it can get.

  Author:Stephen KotkinFrom:Hoover Digest (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20223,151 words Article 1450LDoes anyone have a right to be surprised? A gangster regime in the Kremlin has declared that its security is threatened by a much smaller neighbor--which, the regime claims, is not a truly sovereign country but just a...