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Freedom Frequency is the Hoover Institution's platform for clear, principled ideas that cut through the noise of today's debates.

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A Human Chain of Memory

How ordinary Estonians reclaimed their history, transforming it into peaceful resistance.

In Search of Financial Security and Order

The grand visions of the past faded and were replaced. New tech and financial strains call for a new vision.

Lessons for Designing a Better Trading System

Where WTO went wrong, GATT got it mostly right, using flexibility and diplomacy to settle disputes.

Inglorious Visionary: Eyck Freymann on Tench Coxe

He was disliked, overlooked, indispensable—and right about economic security.

What Alexander Hamilton Knew About Debt

How honoring contracts helped build America’s financial reputation.

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The Educated Republic: Scott Atlas on Thomas Jefferson

He insisted self-governance would fail without universities that enshrined free inquiry.

The Hidden Cost of the Industrial Revolution

Watch now | What if the Industrial Revolution began not with steam, but with property rights?

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Jay Bhattacharya on Restoring Trust in America's Scientific Institutions

Watch now | On the latest episode of GoodFellows, senior fellows John Cochrane, H.R.

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Through Darkness to Freedom

An exhibition focuses on the “sent-down youth” who survived, and escaped, Mao's Cultural Revolution.

Why China’s Taking of Intellectual Property Matters—and What to Do Now

Beijing broke the bargain that built the WTO. The US and its allies must create new safeguards and agreements.

Two insights from Geoeconomics Research

Be careful about identifying “chokepoints” and don’t overlook the value of restraint and rules.

Remaking the World: Andy Hall on Thomas Paine

The firebrand thinker hailed a new technology of freedom. Today’s tech could carry Paine’s vision further.

Critical Choices in the Indo-Pacific

All the security variables—alliances, weapons, nuclear moves—converge on US-China relations.

Who Really Pays for Trade Policy?

Why following the money is only the first step in understanding tariffs.

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