Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Hoover Institution is committed to the idea that policy research should seek to identify solutions at the state and local levels, where governments are best positioned to improve educational outcomes, stimulate economic growth, spur innovation, and respond to citizens’ needs. To accomplish this goal of empowering states and localities across America, the Hoover Institution partners with a diverse range of state agencies and lawmakers. This line of effort continued to expand in 2024. The aim of collaborations with state and local partners is to produce data-driven policy recommendations on key issues such as economic development, public-sector pensions, energy policy, tax and fiscal policy, and other policy areas. This approach leverages the strengths of America’s federal system of government to advance effective policy reforms. Read about this year's efforts here: https://lnkd.in/gDJVjMKK

During our last webinar "The Health of the Economy - Inflation, Regulation, and How to Fix Europe's Growth", John H. Cochrane (Hoover Institution, Stanford University) addressed the flaws in classic inflation theories, noting that central banks set interest rates instead of controlling the money supply. He added that according to the fiscal theory of the price level, the value of money and government debt depends on the expectation that governments will repay. Watch the full conversation with our Director Fredrik Erixon ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dTy2nAe6

"If China forces a confrontation over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory, the United States will need to respond decisively: The implications are enormous, potentially including a global economic crisis far worse than the shock caused by the Covid-19 pandemic." In The New York Times, Hoover Institution fellow Eyck Freymann and Hugo Bromley discuss the economic ramifications of a potential China-Taiwan conflict. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eX7C9qPC

An industrious team of education-focused scholars at Hoover produced several impactful books and research reports about the state of K–12 education in the United States in 2024. Efforts by Hoover scholars this year focused on three main aims: enacting whole-of-system reform in America’s elementary and secondary school system; highlighting important research that makes the case for charter schools as a means of offering stronger-quality instruction to average families; and working to track and reverse the decline in education outcomes observed across the system since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Explore some of the year's highlights here: https://lnkd.in/eQnxm-j3

In Newsweek, Hoover Institution visiting fellow Bjorn Lomborg argues that global progress in addressing major issues like poverty, disease, and education has stalled because of an overwhelming focus on too many goals at once. Lomborg instead advocates for fewer and more practical goals that offer the highest return on investment. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eKsdjS7x

“One thing is for certain, though, in the era of grizzly bears, tech pioneers and new frontiers: playing possum won’t do.” In The Times, Hoover Institution distinguished visiting fellow John Bew argues that the UK cannot afford to adopt a passive stance in its foreign policy, outlining policy recommendations for four challenges facing the country in 2025: the future of the Ukraine conflict, the potential escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran, the growing challenge posed by China, and bolstering the US-UK relationship in the new Trump administration. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eWBYuBjw

Hoover Institution historians continue to meet the significant demand that exists from business leaders, government institutions, and concerned citizens for consequential studies of history. Through the work of the Hoover History Lab, Library & Archives, and other history-oriented lines of effort, fellows active in the discipline of history draw lessons from the record of the past and apply them to significant policy issues of the moment. In 2024, Hoover historians shed light on topics as varied as the likely futures of Russia; Soviet parallels to current US social pathologies; how proxy wars have been fought from ancient Greece to modern Gaza; and what the history of the early American republic can teach us about crafting a prudent national immigration policy. Read the 2024 Revitalizing History Year-in-Review here: https://lnkd.in/ehA4C847

Hoover Institution fellow Kiron K. Skinner explains how the 'grave challenges' President Carter faced in office shaped the future of foreign policy. Watch the full Fox News TV interview here: https://lnkd.in/etdM4g6Q

Hoover Institution senior fellow Philip Zelikow reflects on President Carter’s leadership and the time he spent working with the late president on the Help America Vote Act.

The Hoover Institution’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions (RAI), in its first full year of operations, made an impressive mark on discourse and scholarship concerning civics, government institutions, and democratic practice. Across a wide swath of subjects relevant to institutional renewal in America—from public pensions to the judiciary, Congress, and civic education—RAI scholars offered concrete steps to reverse the decline in trust in US institutions. Below are highlights of RAI’s very impactful 2024. https://lnkd.in/evVKZXV4