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Climate Science, Energy Reality, and the Cost of Alarm

Exaggerated fears clash with what the world needs: reliable energy, rational mitigation, and truth.

Steven E. Koonin
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From the Hand of Adam Smith

Letter #6: The One Thing No Free Society Can Survive Without

Ross Levine
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Letter #5: The First Exception

Ross Levine
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Letter #4: Enemies of the Invisible Hand

Ross Levine
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Letter #3: The Invisible Hand: How Millions Cooperate

Ross Levine
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Letter #2: The Danger of Admiring the Wrong People

Ross Levine
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Letter #9: The Test of a Nation

Letter #9: The Test of a Nation

A Labor Day letter to America.

Ross Levine
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Letter #8: Who’s the Judge Now?

Ross Levine
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Plot Points

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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.

Tom Church
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Cover image for article: How Much of the Deficit Is Driven by Social Security?

How Much of the Deficit Is Driven by Social Security?

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

China Considered Quick Takes

Cover image for article: China’s Iran Calculus

China’s Iran Calculus

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

Elizabeth Economy
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Cover image for article: Sovereignty First: China’s Territorial Agenda

Letter #7: Taxation with Representation

Ross Levine
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Cover image for article: Counting the Days

Counting the Days

Social Security and Medicare spending add up fast.

Daniel Heil
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Tom Church
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Cover image for article: The Mystery of the Vanishing Trust Fund

The Mystery of the Vanishing Trust Fund

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

Daniel Heil
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Tom Church
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Sovereignty First: China’s Territorial Agenda

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

Elizabeth Economy
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Cover image for article: What Does China Want?

What Does China Want?

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

Elizabeth Economy
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Cover image for article: China’s Venezuela Calculus

China’s Venezuela Calculus

What Beijing really weighs after US operation in Caracas.

Elizabeth Economy
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The Grumpy Economist Weekly Rant

Cover image for article: How Should We Reform the Tax Code?

How Should We Reform the Tax Code?

The case for a broad consumption tax that simplifies the tax code and strengthens incentives to work, save, and invest.

John H. Cochrane
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Cover image for article: What Three Economic Stories Reveal About Government

What Three Economic Stories Reveal About Government

Lessons from antitrust, social media, and energy policy for the government regulation of AI.

John H. Cochrane
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Cover image for article: The Hidden Cost of a Federal Wealth Tax

The Hidden Cost of a Federal Wealth Tax

How a 5% tax on billionaire wealth could weaken investment, encourage tax avoidance, and reduce future economic growth.

John H. Cochrane
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Cover image for article: What Surging Interest Rates Are Telling Us

What Surging Interest Rates Are Telling Us

Why rising long-term rates may reflect inflation, monetary policy, or mounting concern over government debt.

John H. Cochrane
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GoodFellows

Cover image for article: The GoodFellows on the California Wealth Tax and the Global War on Terror

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

H.R. McMaster
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Niall Ferguson
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John H. Cochrane
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Cover image for article: The Iran War, AOC 2028, and a Tragic Tale from Cambridge

The Iran War, AOC 2028, and a Tragic Tale from Cambridge

H.R. McMaster
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Niall Ferguson
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John H. Cochrane
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Cover image for article: Jay Bhattacharya on Restoring Trust in America's Scientific Institutions

Jay Bhattacharya on Restoring Trust in America's Scientific Institutions

H.R. McMaster
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Niall Ferguson
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John H. Cochrane
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Cover image for article: Examining the Trump Slump and Communism vs. Capitalism

Examining the Trump Slump and Communism vs. Capitalism

John H. Cochrane
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H.R. McMaster
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Niall Ferguson
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Russian Discontent Made Visible

Opposition leader cites the strength of ordinary Russians—and sees hope for a post-Putin country.

Carolyn Kennedy
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Russian Discontent Made Visible

Liberty Amplified

Cover image for article: “Woman, Life, Freedom”—and Undying Resistance

“Woman, Life, Freedom”—and Undying Resistance

Mohadeseh Salari Sardari
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Cover image for article: How Targeted Misinformation Stalks Its Victims

How Targeted Misinformation Stalks Its Victims

Jorge Jraissati
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Lyudmyla Kozlovska
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Cover image for article: A Human Chain of Memory

A Human Chain of Memory

Liisi Ploom
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Cover image for article: Through Darkness to Freedom

Through Darkness to Freedom

Hsiao-ting Lin
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Cover image for article: The Rise of Transnational Financial Repression

The Rise of Transnational Financial Repression

Jorge Jraissati
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Lyudmyla Kozlovska
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Cover image for article: The Measure of Pluralism

The Measure of Pluralism

Levi Schiffer
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Cover image for article: Lives that Defied Tyranny

Lives that Defied Tyranny

Eric Wakin
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For Afghanistan's Girls, a Dream Deferred

Mahnaz Akbari
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Sport is Freedom for All

Grace McGoran
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Cover image for article: Stories to Oppose an Incomplete Truth

Stories to Oppose an Incomplete Truth

Dany Diaz Mejia
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Cover image for article: An Opening for Cuban Democracy

An Opening for Cuban Democracy

Carolyn Kennedy
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Cover image for article: Hope in Darkness: Teaching Lin Zhao in Hong Kong

Hope in Darkness: Teaching Lin Zhao in Hong Kong

Rowena He
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Cover image for article: The Mirage of Victory

The Mirage of Victory

Carey Zott
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Cover image for article: Women Who Cross Iran's Invisible Borders

Women Who Cross Iran's Invisible Borders

Mohadeseh Salari Sardari
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Cover image for article: Why Authoritarians Target Women

Why Authoritarians Target Women

Malaina Kapoor
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Cover image for article: Digital “Knapsack” Carries Tools to Foil Censors

Digital “Knapsack” Carries Tools to Foil Censors

Shokufeh Mahini
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Cover image for article: Revolution without Headlines: Myanmar’s Forgotten Struggle

Revolution without Headlines: Myanmar’s Forgotten Struggle

Arkar Hein
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Cover image for article: Memory as Resistance: Reading Lin Zhao at Hoover

Memory as Resistance: Reading Lin Zhao at Hoover

Rowena He
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Cover image for article: Iranians Confront Big Brother

Iranians Confront Big Brother

Mobina Riazi
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Cover image for article: Venezuela's Democratic Window

Venezuela's Democratic Window

Rómulo Perez
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Hoover Fellows on Substack

John Cochrane

The Grumpy Economist with John Cochrane

Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson's Time Machine

H.R. McMaster

History We Don't Know with H.R. McMaster

Joshua D. Rauh

Liberty Lens with Josh Rauh

Andrew Hall

Free Systems with Andrew B. Hall

Paul Peterson

The Modern Federalist with Paul Peterson

Michael McFaul

McFaul's World

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Glenn Loury

The Glenn Show

Timothy Garton Ash

History of the Present with Timothy Garton Ash

I Blog to Differ with David Henderson

I Blog to Differ with David Henderson

Matt Turpin

China Articles with Matt Turpin

Russ Roberts

Listening to the Sirens with Russ Roberts

Tom Church

584 Vetoes with Tom Church and Daniel Heil

Patrick A. McLaughlin

Third Order with Patrick A. McLaughlin

Michael Auslin

The Pawtomack Packet with Michael Auslin

Josh Rauh

Fiscal Reality Check with Josh Rauh

Wiser Way

Wiser Way with Zachary Shore

Rose Gottemoeller

Truth Be Told with Rose Gottemoeller

Director's Desk

Cover image for article: Finding the Ideas—and the Confidence—to Weave the World Anew

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

The Hoover Institution launches the Economics and Security Commons initiative.

Condoleezza Rice
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Cover image for article: Informed Minds—and Decisions—are Essential for Freedom and America’s Future

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

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

Condoleezza Rice
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Cover image for article: Strengthening America's Education System to Secure Our Future

Strengthening America's Education System to Secure Our Future

The American Dream belongs to every schoolchild.

Condoleezza Rice
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Cover image for article: A New Chapter for Ideas Advancing Freedom

A New Chapter for Ideas Advancing Freedom

Principled Solutions and Clear Thinking for a Complex World

Condoleezza Rice
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Selected Featured Articles

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Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt a Beautiful Industry

US-Canadian auto manufacturing has been a standout success for both sides. Eroding that trade signals danger for the future.

David R Henderson
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Nuclear Deterrence Is Changing—So Must Diplomacy
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Founders & Fellows

Washington’s Bright Line: Keep the Military out of Politics

H.R. McMaster
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Who Can Become a Citizen, and Who Decides?

Richard A. Epstein
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The Death of Reading

Are we living in the new Dark Ages? Despite vast technological advances, our societies are increasingly looking like those that preceded the advent of literacy.

Russ Roberts
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September 21, 2026

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9/11 Veterans and the Stories Yet to Be Told

Jacquelyn Schneider
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Cover image for article: What Churchill Knew about Preserving Freedom

What Churchill Knew about Preserving Freedom

Andrew Roberts
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The Waiting Game in Gaza

Russell A. Berman
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The Yankee Inventor Who Lit the Fuse of Military Innovation

Jacquelyn Schneider
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Adams and Jefferson: A Friendship that Transcended Politics

Peter Robinson
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An Immigrant’s Constitution Built a Stronger America

An Immigrant’s Constitution Built a Stronger America

James Wilson foresaw the power of welcoming free people who aren’t held back by birth.

Paola Sapienza
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George Mason and the Courage of Dissent

CQ Brown Jr.
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The Battle Green: Bringing Liberty Home

Russ Roberts
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The Commons Dispatch

Turning Import and Export Restrictions into Weapons

Rüdiger Bachmann
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Trade and Openness Can Make Peace with Policy Goals

Glenn Hubbard
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Unintended Consequences: Trade Intervention in a World of Global Value Chains

Emily J. Blanchard
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Robert C. Johnson
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Five Trends Driving Change in Europe

Five Trends Driving Change in Europe

Russia lashes out, China maneuvers, and the political center of gravity shifts.

Peter Rough
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How Stablecoins Can Serve Dollar Dominance

Carolyn A. Wilkins
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Steven E. Koonin
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