Hoover Daily Report | August 21, 2026
This Friday, Lee Ohanian and Bill Whalen analyze the “tepid” public support for California’s billionaire wealth tax ballot initiative as indicated in recent polling; David Neumark asks whether minimum-wage laws do anything to help workers in low-income families; and Alan Sykes reviews the successes and shortcomings of the last two global trade paradigms, distilling lessons for those designing a new “economic and security commons”—the focus of a major ongoing effort by the Hoover Institution.
Hoover Daily Report | August 21, 2026
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