The Market For Climate Change Causal Effect Estimates
Think back to 2020 as COVID spread. We all sought a safe and effective vaccine. Once vaccine makers created their prototypes, we were uncertain about whether the drug was effective and what were its side effects. Randomized treatment/control experiments are often used in medical trials to estimate these two Causal effects. Once, we know these effects; the FDA can make a decision on whether to approve the drug.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportKMT Risks Missing The Lessons Of The Wars In Ukraine & Iran
Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang has the chance to prove to voters – and to skeptical partners in Washington and beyond – that they take Taiwan’s national security seriously and can pass a meaningful defense budget. They are uncomfortably close to blowing this opportunity in a pivotal vote tomorrow.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportManaging National Security in a Time of Geopolitical Transition
The current US national security structure, designed for the Cold War era, is ill-suited for today's strategic competition era. The modern landscape is characterized by simultaneous rivalry with China and Russia—a less stable tripolar nuclear state—a reality that is not well addressed by the United States’ twentieth-century approach to geopolitics. This essay addresses the radical changes needed in defense policies, institutions, and expenditures to confront this challenge.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportWhy The Taylor Rule Still Matters
The Taylor Rule, the Fed, central banks, and a new Hoover volume on John Taylor’s legacy.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportFrom Atomic Foundations to Groundbreaking Technology
From recyclable batteries and smart bandages to flexible electronics and biomedical implants, materials science is transforming the physical foundations of modern technology. By engineering matter at the atomic and molecular level, researchers can develop safer, stronger, lighter, and more sustainable materials, but responsible progress will require balanced regulation, strategic investment, and careful attention to safety, environmental impact, and innovation.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportVanderbilt Student's Lawsuit Over Suspension For Alleged False Accusations Can Go Forward
From a long opinion today by Judge Waverly Crenshaw (M.D. Tenn.) in Poe v. Lowe: Poe, a male Vanderbilt student, made social media posts about another male Vanderbilt student, Roe, and his sexual behaviors with females.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportThe Revision of Japan’s Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology: Reconfiguration of the Postwar Security Order
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외교안보연구소 > IFANS FOCUSThe Education Exchange: AP Exams Have Shown A Measurable Decline In Rigor For Years
ohn Moscatiello, founder of Marco Learning, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Advanced Placement exams and how they’ve transformed through the past three years.
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportJust "Felonious Peccadillos"; I'm "Overqualified For Oklahoma"; Bar Association, "Bring It On Bitch": Surprisingly Ineffective In Fighting Disbarment
Some excerpts from the long opinion in State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Barlean, decided Tuesday by the Oklahoma Supreme Court (opinion by Justice Kuehn); Barlean appears to have been a former candidate for the Oklahoma state legislature: On January 5, 2023, Respondent pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges of Domestic Assault and Battery .
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportMy UNICEF Story
First, the obligatory “May the fourth be with you.”
Hoover Institution Stanford University > Daily ReportMichael Auslin Guest-Blogging This Week About "National Treasure: How The Declaration Of Independence Made America"
I'm delighted to report that Michael Auslin, a Distinguished Research Fellow here at Hoover, will be guest-blogging this week abouthis new book.
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