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Most environmental problems result from the tragedy of the commons. The typical response to environmental issues is to turn to government regulation. In contrast, free market environmentalism embraces the lessons of markets by defining and enforcing property rights to prevent overconsumption or other negative outcomes.
January 9, 2019 via undefined via PolicyEd
Ginsburg's gender crusade, while noble, also created market distortions.
January 7, 2019 via undefined via Defining Ideas
As President Trump considers whether to declare a national state of emergency to build his border wall, few Americans realize they have lived under nearly 30 states of national emergency for most of their lives. Emergencies come and go, but emergency declarations remain. The oldest national emergency still on the books was declared by President Jimmy Carter during the Iran crisis 40 years ago. There are presently national "emergencies" covering everything from vessels in Cuba to democratic processes in Zimbabwe, from exports to cyberwarfare and narcotics trafficking.
January 8, 2019 via Washington Examiner via Hoover Daily Report
Simcha Rotem, one of the last-known surviving fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April-May 1943, died in Jerusalem on December 23, 2018, aged 94. His death prompted a good deal of global coverage, since the story of the Ghetto Uprising—not to be confused with the Warsaw Home Army Uprising of August-October 1944—is an integral one to the story of Jewish resistance to the Nazis during the Second World War.
January 8, 2019 via undefined via Military History in the News
In a post last month, we described the sharp decline in the presidential use of Article II treaties—reaching a new low in the Trump administration, which so far has submitted only one such treaty to the Senate. This decline does not mean that the United States has stopped concluding international agreements.
January 9, 2019 via Lawfare via Hoover Daily Report
This article addresses whether governments ever have a justified basis for treating targets of surveillance differently, in any way, based on nationality. Topics include (1) three ways nationality can matter to surveillance; (2) reasons for stricter rules for law enforcement and domestic collection; (3) reasons for different rules based on the location of collection; (4) the universalist critique of surveillance laws based on nationality; and (5) reasons that can justify stricter surveillance rules based on nationality. Stricter protections are warranted because surveillance of nationals and others with a close connection to the domestic policy poses a special threat to the political opposition and free press of a country, both of which play crucial roles in limiting abuses of state power.
January 8, 2019 via undefined via Aegis Paper Series
Who are we talking about in the name of Diversity? How can we know the extent of Diversity in meeting goals to increase Diversity unless we know who qualifies as Diverse?
January 9, 2019 via Thoughtful Ideas via Hoover Daily Report
"I think America and yes DT [Donald Trump] should pick the next [World] Bank president and should pick an American. How do you think it is going to go the next time the Bank calls for more capital from the US and UK?"
January 9, 2019 via EconLog via Hoover Daily Report
For Japan, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 has something of the significance that the French Revolution has for France: it is the point from which modern history begins. In this now classic work of Japanese history, the late W. G. Beasley offers a comprehensive account of the origins, development, and immediate aftermath of the events that restored Imperial rule to Japan.
October 1, 2018 via Stanford University Press via Hoover Daily Report
Emboldened by the Trump administration’s denigration and threatened abandonment of traditional U.S. allies in Europe and other regions, China has launched a strategic campaign to woo, gain control over or otherwise undermine nations that have long supported U.S. goals and alliance management abroad.
January 6, 2019 via The Washington Post via Hoover Daily Report
Hoover Institution fellow Bill Whalen discusses President Trump's speech about the wall and whether the president helped his case by framing the matter in a humanitarian manner.
January 8, 2019 via The John Batchelor Show via Hoover Daily Report
Gavin Newsom began his term as California’s 40th governor Monday by proposing that the state provide health insurance premium subsidies for residents earning from 400% to 600% of the federal poverty level.
January 8, 2019 via Think Advisor via Hoover Daily Report
As the holiday season ends and we pack away the warmth and peace that tends to accompany time spent on faith, family and giving, we can feel the collision of re-entry into the world of angry post-holiday headlines and arguments. But is this shocking relapse absolutely necessary? Do we have more power over anger than we realize?
January 7, 2019 via Deseret News (UT) via Hoover Daily Report
For months, President Trump’s economic advisers have cheered Chinese economic suffering, celebrating every sign of weakness — in stock markets, manufacturing, retail sales, investment — since it surely means China is on the verge of a humiliating capitulation to Trump’s demands.
January 7, 2019 via The Washington Post via Hoover Daily Report
Time magazine did not choose Donald Trump as its Person of the Year in 2018, but it may do so this year. Trump ended last year facing criticism for announcing troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan without consulting allies (resulting in the resignation of his respected defense secretary, James Mattis) and partially shutting down the government over a Mexican border wall. In 2019, with Democrats having taken over the House of Representatives, he will face increasing criticism of his foreign policy.
January 8, 2019 via Project Syndicate via Hoover Daily Report
The year ahead will, like every year, consist of just under 8,800 hours. Most people will spend about a third of that time sleeping, and another third or so arguing on social media. Much of the remainder will be spent at work.
December 22, 2018 via The Economist via Hoover Daily Report
The warnings sound like the plot of a Hollywood spy thriller: The Chinese hide malware in a Metro rail car’s security camera system that allows surveillance of Pentagon or White House officials as they ride the Blue Line — sending images back to Beijing.
January 7, 2019 via The Washington Post via Hoover Daily Report
Gavin Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor who roiled Democrats across the country when he issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples, was sworn in Monday as California’s 40th governor. He succeeds the unprecedented, largely successful tenure of four-time governor and fellow Democrat Jerry Brown, who moseyed on back to his 2,500-acre ranch in Colusa.
January 7, 2019 via Capitol Weekly via Hoover Daily Report
The government is on hiatus. Enemies of the U.S. are not.
January 8, 2019 via Axios via Hoover Daily Report
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