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These are remarks I prepared for a symposium at Hoover in honor of George Shultz on his 95th birthday. Willie Brown was the star of the symposium, I think, preceded by a provocative and thoughtful speech by Bill Bradley.
December 15, 2015 via Grumpy Economist via Hoover Daily Report
The new round of Fannie and Freddie Litigation Jacobs v. The Federal Housing Finance Agency has opened up a second-front in the ongoing struggle between the preferred and common shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, often called Government Sponsored Enterprises, or GSEs, and the United States government.
December 16, 2015 via Forbes via Hoover Daily Report
In The Atlantic last month, Carly Berwick praised Germany for raising its nationwide test scores while simultaneously reducing educational inequality. That’s no small feat—and one well worthy of recognition and accolades.
December 14, 2015 via EducationNext via Hoover Daily Report
How the piano shaped and continues to define Hoover Fellow and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Professor George Barth her teacher.
December 14, 2015 via undefined via Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson
We’ll get to the GOP debate momentarily. But first, a word about the Republicans’ odyssey and oddity this past year.
December 16, 2015 via Fox News via Hoover Daily Report
Last week we had a wonderful symposium in celebration of George Shultz’s 95th birthday. Many of George’s friends and colleagues spoke on the theme “Learning from Experience” in economic policy, security policy, social cohesion, and politics.
December 15, 2015 via Economics One via Hoover Daily Report
I went to my first presidential debate in person in Las Vegas. Actually I went to two since, if you had a ticket, you were supposed to fill your seat all afternoon and evening for television. And I’m glad I did because now I have several new and different ideas about the race than before.
December 16, 2015 via Forbes via Hoover Daily Report
The Wall Street Journal reports on the "Fed's Unsolved Puzzle: How to Deflate Bubbles" (That's the print version headline, much pithier than online.) I thought I was reading The Onion. There it is, a graph marked "Asset Bubbles," measured, apparently, with interferometer precision.
December 15, 2015 via Grumpy Economist via Hoover Daily Report
“Human gene therapy” has been one of the most ambitious goals of biotechnology since the advent of molecular techniques for genetic modification in the 1970’s. There are two distinct approaches to it, and they present different kinds of benefits, risks and controversies.
December 16, 2015 via Forbes via Hoover Daily Report
The champions of “diversity” treat students of color differently and encourage them to self-segregate.
December 15, 2015 via undefined via Defining Ideas
[Subscription Required] The final republican debate on national security was a relief for the party. The two politicians Republican candidates attacked most in last night’s debate were Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Establishment candidates seemed to retake the high ground, making the case for sustained and serious engagement with the world.
December 16, 2015 via Foreign Policy via Hoover Daily Report
I've been pondering co-blogger Bryan Caplan's post "How Evil are Politicians?" for the last week. As always, Bryan states his case well. And I found little in it to disagree with. But for some reason, I didn't find it compelling. I've finally figured out why. To put it bluntly, so what?
December 15, 2015 via EconLog via Hoover Daily Report
Yesterday found me in Israel listening—not for the first time—to a briefing on Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeting practices during Operation Protective Edge, the 2014 military operation against Hamas in Gaza.
December 15, 2015 via Lawfare via Hoover Daily Report
EconLog is among the top economics blogs and among my favorites. I open it daily and sometimes several times a day.
December 16, 2015 via Thoughtful Ideas via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Ed Lazear discusses the potential rate hike and notes that most of the expectations are already "baked into the market."
December 16, 2015 via CNBC via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses applying today’s standards to yesterday’s heroes as well as his National Review article "Yesterday’s Giants, Today’s Dwarves."
December 15, 2015 via The Eric Metaxas Show via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Bill Whalen discusses the recent Republican debate.
December 15, 2015 via John Batchelor Show via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Kori Schake discusses what is to been done with the Islamic State, the Assad regieme, and the Syrian refugees. Schake discusses the "provide comfort" model.
December 15, 2015 via John Batchelor Show via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli discusses the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act and who the real winners and losers are in this deal as well as what happens next.
December 16, 2015 via Education Next via Hoover Daily Report
Heading overseas now, Iran has taken another major step towards normalised relations with the rest of the world, with the United Nations nuclear agency announcing overnight that it is ending its 12-year investigation of Iran's nuclear weapons capability. But an Iranian missile test in October may already have set back trust in the regime.
December 16, 2015 via ABC News via Hoover Daily Report
Each year we publish a list of the most popular entries on the Education Next blog. There’s usually a surprise or two and the 2015 list is no exception.
December 16, 2015 via Education Next via Hoover Daily Report
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