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For Medicare, Trust Fund Solvency Is The Wrong Number To Focus On
The more important budget issue is that almost half of Medicare’s spending is subsidized by taxpayers.
August 24, 2026
As it turns out, COVID-19 isn’t the first catastrophic event to plague mankind. Or so Niall Ferguson, the Hoover Institution’s Milbank Family Senior Fellow, reminds us in his new book Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe, a historical look at past disasters and their aftermaths. The author joins Hoover senior fellows H. R. McMaster and John Cochrane to discuss why it is that we still struggle with disaster response and how to better prepare for future calamities.
Recorded May 4, 2021
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So much for escaping the oddities of California politics—not when the governor suffers from wanderlust (it helps to have a compliant Legislature), billionaires can’t agree on campaign tactics, and a former House speaker applies a heavy hand in the race to succeed her in Congress.
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Can Palantir And AI Transform The UK For The Better?
Palantir UK chief Louis Mosley joins Secrets of Statecraft to discuss how the company’s technology is transforming warfare, healthcare, and policing.
August 25, 2026