How Much of the Deficit Is Driven by Medicare?

Payroll taxes don’t come close to covering its costs. And soon Medicare debt will dominate the deficit.

How Much of the Deficit Is Driven by Social Security?

Think Social Security is fully funded by your payroll taxes? Think again.

Counting the Days

Social Security and Medicare spending add up fast.

The Mystery of the Vanishing Trust Fund

Did Congress rob Social Security—and if not, where did the money go?

Why Good Intentions Don't Always Make Good Policy

The unintended consequences of government intervention—and why voters keep supporting it.

Why Lower Inflation Isn't Enough for Affordability

The Fed, inflation, and the economic case for long-term price stability.

The Cost of Making Life Affordable

How popular government efforts to lower prices can make everyday life more expensive.

Progressive Taxes Without a Complex Tax Code

Why support for lower-income Americans doesn’t have to run through the tax code.

China’s Iran Calculus

How Beijing reads US power, regional disorder, and strategic opportunity.

Sovereignty First: China’s Territorial Agenda

How Xi Jinping pursues territorial control without full-scale war.

What Does China Want?

Xi Jinping’s global ambitions—and why China doesn’t want to replace the United States.

China’s Venezuela Calculus

What Beijing really weighs after US operation in Caracas.

Thinking About AI in Universities and in Congress, with Cal Newport

The American Revolution and October Surprises

The Slow Squeeze on Taiwan, and the Long War in Ukraine

The GoodFellows on the California Wealth Tax and the Global War on Terror

Finding the Ideas—and the Confidence—to Weave the World Anew

The Hoover Institution launches the Economics and Security Commons initiative.

Informed Minds—and Decisions—are Essential for Freedom and America’s Future

A new edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review is online.

Strengthening America's Education System to Secure Our Future

The American Dream belongs to every schoolchild.

A New Chapter for Ideas Advancing Freedom

Principled Solutions and Clear Thinking for a Complex World