Hoover Institution Press: 227 books
Constitutional Conservatism
Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Peter Berkowitz identifies the political principles social conservatives and libertarians share, or should share, and sketches the common ground on which they can and should join forces. Drawing on the writings of Edmund Burke,The Federalist, and the high points of post-World War II American conservatism,...
More Liberty Means Less Government
Our Founders Knew This Well
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In this collection of thoughtful, hard-hitting essays, Walter E. Williams once again takes on the left wing's most sacred cows with provocative insights, brutal candor, and an uncompromising reverence for personal liberty and the principles laid out in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
The Moldovans
Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The first English-language book to present a complete picture of this intriguing East European borderland, The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture, illuminates the perennial problems of identity politics and cultural change that the country has endured.
by Bernard Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Bernard Lewis looks at the new era in the Middle East. With the departure of imperial powers, the region must now, on its own, resolve the political, economic, cultural, and societal problems that prevent it from accomplishing the next stage in the advance of civilization. There is enough in the traditional...
Israel's Unilateralism
Beyond Gaza
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Emmy Award-winning journalist Robert Zelnick examines Israel's disengagement from Gaza and what it might lead to in the future. He details the thought behind the policy and the impact of the loss of Ariel Sharon, analyzes the Palestinian response from both moderates and Hamas, and underscores the politically realist-minded assumptions that continue to drive the policy forward.
Our Brave New World
Essays on the Impact of September 11
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Every American remembers exactly how it unfolded and where they were and what they were doing on that terrible morning of September 11. And like any other unprecedented historic jolt, September 11 continues to roil our collective mind. We still ponder the questions it raised: What changed that day?...
Learning as We Go
Why School Choice is Worth the Wait
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Paul T. Hill examines the real-world factors that can complicate, delay, and in some instances interfere with the positive cause-and-effect relationships identified by the theories behind school choice. He explains why schools of choice haven't yet achieved a broader appeal and suggests more realistic...
by Kenneth E. Scott, George P. Shultz
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This book examines the dangers of continuing government bailouts and offers alternative strategies designed to produce growth based on the vigor of the private sector with inflation under control. The expert authors show that it is indeed possible to explain the causes of the crisis in understandable...
by Robert E. Hall, Alvin Rabushka
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This new and updated edition of The Flat Tax—called "the bible of the flat tax movement" by Forbes—explains what's wrong with our present tax system and offers a practical alternative. Hall and Rabushka set forth what many believe is the most fair, efficient, simple, and workable tax reform plan on the table: tax all income, once only, at a uniform rate of 19 percent.
Pension Wise
Confronting Employer Pension Underfunding—And Sparing Taxpayers the Next Bailout
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Charles Blahous, one of the nation's foremost retirement security experts, explains the origins and dangers of current underfunding in our single-employer defined-benefit pension system and outlines the options for solving the problem and preventing the next taxpayer-financed bailout. He provides...
The Illusion of Net Neutrality
Political Alarmism, Regulatory Creep and the Real Threat to Internet Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In this riveting treatise, coauthors Bob Zelnick and Eva Zelnick sound the alarm on the debilitating effect that looming regulations, rules, and powerful interests would have on today's regulation-free Internet. The authors lay out the imminent threats—from “network neutrality” to FCC regulations—that...
To America's Health
A Proposal to Reform the Food and Drug Administration
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
A government monopoly over drug regulation is not sacrosanct. This hard-hitting book describes the current regulation of drugs by the FDA and proposes a model for fundamental, yet workable, reform—including an innovative proposal for drug testing and certification review.
Making Failure Feasible
How Bankruptcy Reform Can End Too Big to Fail
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
In 2012, building off work first published in 2010, the Resolution Project proposed that a new Chapter 14 be added to the Bankruptcy Code, exclusively designed to deal with the reorganization or liquidation of the nation's large financial institutions. In Making Failure Feasible, the contributors...
by Lee E. Ohanian, John B. Taylor, Ian Wright
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This book examines the reasons for the unprecedented weak recovery following the recent US recession and explores the possibility that government economic policy is the problem. Drawing on empirical research that looks at issues from policy uncertainty to increased regulation, the volume offers a...