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1. Controversial Essays
One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. "This book contains an abundance of wisdom on a large number of economic issues." - Mises Review
2. The Flat Tax
This new and updated edition of The Flat Tax sets forth the flat-tax plan developed by Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka, senior fellows at the Hoover Institution, who believe it is the most fair, efficient, simple, and workable plan on the table. The plan has withstood the scrutiny of leading experts on taxation and has been enthusiastically endorsed by many of them.
3. A Primer on America's Schools
In this volume the eleven members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education provide a broad overview of the American education system—pulling together basic facts about its structure and operation, identifying key problems that hinder its performance, and offering perspectives on the requirements of genuine reform.
4. Our Schools and Our Future...Are We Still at Risk?
This book assesses the changes that have occurred in the twenty years since A Nation at Risk, which urged major reforms in American education, was issued by the National education Commission. It offers recommendations based on three core principles—accountability, choice, and transparency—that can reinvigorate the system and rekindle America's confidence in public education.
5. Bits, Bytes, and Balance Sheets: The New Economic Rules of Engagement in a Wireless World
The Internet has changed everything. It is altering the way institutions, both public and private, are managed, and the way individuals react to one another, their workplace, and their government. From an economic and business perspective, the race to win is between those who “get it” and those who don't. In Bits, Bytes, and Balance Sheets, Walter Wriston explores the consequences of the changes produced by the new economy of the Internet, defining the new rules and examining some of the promising initiatives under way to create a system of measuring and valuing assets that reflects our new economic realities.
6. School Reform: The Critical Issues
This book explores a wide range of critical areas in education, examines the basic nature of our education problems, provides a clear understanding of underperformance, and proposes reasonable and effective strategies for success.
7. Reykjavik Revisited: Steps toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
This preliminary report from Hoover Institution’s "Reykjavik Revisited" conference, held in October 2007, examines the practical steps required to address the nuclear threat and to move toward the goal established by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev at their historic 1986 meeting in Reykjavik: the elimination of nuclear weapons. The distinguished contributors include former officials of the past six administrations and senior scholars and scientific experts on nuclear issues.
The authors offer their views on a range of critical topics, including how to secure nuclear stockpiles and stage reductions toward elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide; confront the challenges of verification and compliance; prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the spread of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing; and terminate reliance on the prompt launch of nuclear-armed missiles and on mutual-assured-destruction strategies. In addition, they explore key issues such as the need for diplomatic efforts where there are regional animosities, and the importance of creating a coalition of nations that will work toward transforming the vision of a world without nuclear weapons into a reality.
This report also includes a letter from Nancy Reagan and the text of an address prepared for the 2007 conference by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Contributors: Steven Andreasen, Bruce G. Blair, Matthew Bunn, Sidney D. Drell, Robert Einhorn, James E. Goodby, Rose Gottemoeller, David Holloway, Edward Ifft, Raymond Jeanloz, Raymond Juzaitis, Max M. Kampelman, Henry A. Kissinger, Jack F. Matlock Jr., John E. McLaughlin, Sam Nunn, William J. Perry, Henry S. Rowen, George P. Shultz, James Timbie
8. The Gravest Danger: Nuclear Weapons
"To avoid nuclear war and to contain and gradually to diminish the potential for nuclear devastation: these are the most compelling imperatives of our time."
9. Teacher Quality
In this book some of the brightest minds in education research have studies pressing questions about teacher quality and practices, reviewed thousands of education studies, examined state test scores, explored education theories, and then affirmed that we know what works. We must now ensure that the system provides the best possible education for kids.
10. The Transnational Dimension of Cyber Crime and Terrorism
The growing threat of worldwide cyber crime.
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