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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.

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How Much of the Deficit Is Driven by Social Security?

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

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Counting the Days

Social Security and Medicare spending add up fast.

By Daniel Heil and Tom Church

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The Mystery of the Vanishing Trust Fund

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

By Daniel Heil and Tom Church

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

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Letter #5: The First Exception

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Letter #4: Enemies of the Invisible Hand

Letter #11: My Dearest Friend

Letter #11: My Dearest Friend

On welcoming worthy arguments—and those who make them.

Letter #10: The Bill Comes Later

Letter #9: The Test of a Nation

The Grumpy Economist Weekly Rant

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Immaculate Disinflation

Can inflation fall without triggering a recession?

By John H. Cochrane

Cover image for article: Can We Afford the Welfare State?

Can We Afford the Welfare State?

The mounting costs of the welfare state and the economic pressures threatening its future.

By John H. Cochrane

Cover image for article: Why Good Intentions Don't Always Make Good Policy

Why Good Intentions Don't Always Make Good Policy

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

By John H. Cochrane

Cover image for article: Why Lower Inflation Isn't Enough for Affordability

Why Lower Inflation Isn't Enough for Affordability

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

By John H. Cochrane

China Considered Quick Takes

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China’s Iran Calculus

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

By Elizabeth Economy

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Sovereignty First: China’s Territorial Agenda

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

By Elizabeth Economy

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What Does China Want?

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

By Elizabeth Economy

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China’s Venezuela Calculus

What Beijing really weighs after US operation in Caracas.

By Elizabeth Economy

GoodFellows

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

By Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster and John H. Cochrane

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The American Revolution and October Surprises

By Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, John H. Cochrane and Michael Auslin

Cover image for article: The Slow Squeeze on Taiwan, and the Long War in Ukraine

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

By H.R. McMaster, Niall Ferguson and John H. Cochrane

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

By H.R. McMaster, Niall Ferguson and John H. Cochrane

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.

By Condoleezza Rice

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

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

By Condoleezza Rice

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.

By Condoleezza Rice

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

By Condoleezza Rice

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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

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Wiser Way with Zachary Shore

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Truth Be Told with Rose Gottemoeller

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Immaculate Disinflation

Can inflation fall without triggering a recession?

By John H. Cochrane

November 10, 2026

Founders & Fellows

A Headstrong (and Effective) Green Mountain Boy

By Dinsha Mistree

American Leaders of Principle and Contradiction

By David R Henderson

The President Who Didn’t Love a Wall

What did the 1987 Berlin Wall Address mean to prisoners of communism—and what does it mean today?

By Peter Robinson

The President Who Didn’t Love a Wall

An Immigrant’s Constitution Built a Stronger America

By Paola Sapienza

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George Mason and the Courage of Dissent

By CQ Brown Jr.

James Wilson, a True Believer in the American Nation

James Wilson, a True Believer in the American Nation

His legacy may have faded, but not his work to build a single, indivisible country worthy of its people.

By Jonathan Gienapp

The Jurist Who Made a Constitutional Republic a Reality

By Michael McConnell

Last Full Measure

By Steven J. Davis

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The Trade War Leaves the Biggest Barriers Standing

Nontariff measures—protectionism by another name—quietly interfere with open markets. America and the world should take them on.

By Indermit Gill

The President Who Didn’t Love a Wall
By Peter Robinson
Junk History: Seductive, Dangerous
By Stephen Kotkin
What Californians Really Want
By Michael J. Boskin and Douglas Rivers
Beware of Five Tricks in Policy Debates
By Michael J. Boskin

Liberty Amplified

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New Ways to Defang Transnational Financial Repression

By Jorge Jraissati and Lyudmyla Kozlovska

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Fighting to Learn

By Halima Kazem

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How One Lawyer Freed Thousands from Castro’s Cuba

By Jean McElwee Cannon

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Breaking the Silence: Information Flow and the Future of North Korea

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Russian Discontent Made Visible

By Carolyn Kennedy

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“Woman, Life, Freedom”—and Undying Resistance

By Mohadeseh Salari Sardari

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How Targeted Misinformation Stalks Its Victims

By Jorge Jraissati and Lyudmyla Kozlovska

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A Human Chain of Memory

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Through Darkness to Freedom

By Hsiao-ting Lin

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The Rise of Transnational Financial Repression

By Jorge Jraissati and Lyudmyla Kozlovska

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The Measure of Pluralism

By Levi Schiffer

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Lives that Defied Tyranny

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For Afghanistan's Girls, a Dream Deferred

By Mahnaz Akbari

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Sport is Freedom for All

By Grace McGoran

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Stories to Oppose an Incomplete Truth

By Dany Diaz Mejia

Cover image for article: An Opening for Cuban Democracy

An Opening for Cuban Democracy

By Carolyn Kennedy

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Hope in Darkness: Teaching Lin Zhao in Hong Kong

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The Mirage of Victory

By Carey Zott

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Women Who Cross Iran's Invisible Borders

By Mohadeseh Salari Sardari

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Why Authoritarians Target Women

By Malaina Kapoor

The Commons Dispatch

Some Simple Principles for Taxation and Spending

By John H. Cochrane

Tokenization of Real-World Assets: A Market Taking Shape

By Laurie Simon Hodrick

The Trade War Leaves the Biggest Barriers Standing

The Trade War Leaves the Biggest Barriers Standing

Nontariff measures—protectionism by another name—quietly interfere with open markets. America and the world should take them on.

By Indermit Gill

De-Dollarization and the Status of the US Dollar

By Robert J. Hodrick

Supporting Freedom Abroad Is Still in America’s National Interests

By Michael McFaul

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From the Hand of Adam Smith

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