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Alexander Hamilton

The thinker whose blueprints for political order made our nation grow, prosper, and endure.

Condoleezza Rice
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Sport is Freedom for All

Access to it, particularly for women, helps humanity flourish.

Grace McGoran
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Sport is Freedom for All

The Grumpy Economist Weekly Rant

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What the G7 Gets Wrong About Growth

Trade imbalances, international institutions, and the case for economic growth.

John H. Cochrane
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GoodFellows

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The GoodFellows Answer Viewer Mail, from Arsenal to Ukraine

John H. Cochrane
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Sizing Up the "Last Branch Standing" with Sarah Isgur

John H. Cochrane
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The GoodFellows on the Genius of the Constitution

John H. Cochrane
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Who's Actually Running Iran? with Abbas Milani

John H. Cochrane
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From the Hand of Adam Smith

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

Justice is the “main pillar that upholds the whole edifice.”

Ross Levine
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Letter #5: The First Exception

How governments bend—and keep bending—the rules of open, competitive markets.

Ross Levine
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Letter #4: Enemies of the Invisible Hand

Corrosive power—privilege, monopoly, injustice—can defeat free exchange.

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

The very practical foundation is voluntary exchange—persuasion—in a just environment.

Ross Levine
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China Considered Quick Takes

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China’s Iran Calculus

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

Elizabeth Economy
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Plot Points

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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.

Tom Church
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Counting the Days

Social Security and Medicare spending add up fast.

Daniel Heil
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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?

Daniel Heil
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Tom Church
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Do You Get the Medicare You Paid For?

Hardly anyone pays more for his benefits than he receives.

Daniel Heil
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Tom Church
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The Fed’s Fiscal Trap

How debt, deficits, and fiscal pressure could constrain the Fed’s inflation fight.

John H. Cochrane
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The Fed’s Forecasting Problem

How models, forecasts, and uncertainty shape the Fed’s inflation challenge.

John H. Cochrane
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The Fed’s Next Inflation Test

How price shocks and affordability are testing the Fed’s inflation strategy.

John H. Cochrane
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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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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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China’s Venezuela Calculus

What Beijing really weighs after US operation in Caracas.

Elizabeth Economy
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Liberty Amplified

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Stories to Oppose an Incomplete Truth

Dany Diaz Mejia
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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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The Mirage of Victory

Carey Zott
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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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Digital “Knapsack” Carries Tools to Foil Censors

Shokufeh Mahini
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Revolution without Headlines: Myanmar’s Forgotten Struggle

Arkar Hein
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Memory as Resistance: Reading Lin Zhao at Hoover

Rowena He
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Iranians Confront Big Brother

Mobina Riazi
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Venezuela's Democratic Window

Rómulo Perez
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A Guest of the Taliban

Nader Nadery
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China's Christians Are America's Allies

Elisa Zhai Autry
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Resistance Is Not Futile

Elbegdorj Tsakhia
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Selected Featured Articles

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Trump's Quest to Deform International Trade

Wielding grievance, the administration attacks a time-tested system—to no one’s benefit.

Maurice Obstfeld
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At the End of the Postwar World
- Victor Davis Hanson
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When Machines Join the Council
- Josiah Ober
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China and the US: Who Wins in the Long Run?
- Steven J. Davis
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Higher Minimum Wages Aren’t Closing Racial Gaps
- David Neumark
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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

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

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

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

Featured Series

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The Grumpy Economist Weekly Rant

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Plot Points

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Director's Desk

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Liberty Amplified

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China Considered Quick Takes

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From the Hand of Adam Smith

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GoodFellows

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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Can a Phone Be a Cow?

Russ Roberts and Philip Auerswald explore how the extension of connectivity to traditionally excluded populations led to wide-scale transformations in productivity.

Russ Roberts
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June 22, 2026