Learning From Experience
George P. Shultz recounts a lifetime of experiences in government, business, and academia and describes how those experiences have shaped his worldview. In a plainspoken manner, he provides the reader with keys to understanding how he helped bring the nuclear disarmament movement into the mainstream of American policy discussions, why he urges his Republican Party colleagues to adopt measures to address climate change as an insurance policy for ...
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The Boston Globe's Case Is Even Worse Than Scott Sumner Says
Yesterday, co-blogger Scott Sumner wrote an excellent post taking on the Boston Globe columnist Renee Loth's weak case against marijuana legalization. (Her column is from April, but it's still relevant.)
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Listen Up: New Podcast Sifts Through 'Orgy' Of Election Polls, Predicts Presidency
It’s still a close race for the White House, as evidenced by the steady stream of polls and surveys coming out after Monday’s debate.
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Escaping The New Normal Of Weak Growth
There is no question that the recovery from the global recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis has been unusually lengthy and anemic. Some still expect an upswing in growth. But, eight years after the crisis erupted, what the global economy is experiencing is starting to look less like a slow recovery than like a new low-growth equilibrium.
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Kiron Skinner Documents Nancy And Ronald Reagan's Life In Letters
In the wake of the news of First Lady Nancy Reagan's death, we spoke with author Kiron Skinner. From the private papers of President Reagan, Skinner compiled the New York Times bestseller Reagan: A Life in Letters. She talked about the Reagan's correspondences to their loved ones.
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Why Does Apple Think Telegram is "Pernicious"?
I have a lot to say about this week's House Judiciary Committee, at which both FBI Director James Comey and Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell testified. I'll write up some general thoughts over the next few days.
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John Taylor recognized for monetary policy research
Economist JOHN B. TAYLOR has been recognized with the 2016 Central Banking Award for Economics. The award, given by Central Banking Publications, recognizes "the most significant contribution to economics within the field of central banking." The George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution, Taylor received the award for his paper "A Rules-Based Cooperatively-Managed International Monetary System for the Future."
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The Libertarian: "Gun Violence And Legal Liability"
Richard Epstein analyzes a lawsuit that seeks to hold gun manufacturers responsible for mass shootings.
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