Raymond Tallis University of London Photo courtesy of Wellcome Images

This AEI conference will be the first in a series devoted to examining the place of neuroscience in our understanding of the human person, its effect on traditional forms of interpersonal understanding, and the implications of this effect for both public policy and the wider moral climate. Participants in this first event, including AEI resident scholar Roger Scruton, the University of London's Raymond Tallis, and others, will discuss the implications of neuroscience in legal descision making and its impact on the traditional ways in which we understand ourselves.
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At the February 2010 Bradley Lecture, AEI visiting scholar Gerard Alexander will examine why liberal intellectual self-assurance has yet to be undermined by numerous policy failures since the 1960s, why today's society is short on mechanisms that might convey those lessons--even from a few decades ago, and why pervasive dismissal of conservative social knowledge remains a powerful obstacle to more sophisticated policy debates. [READ MORE]

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Canadian and U.S. housing finance markets have had notably contrasting experiences during the international financial crises of 2007-2009. At this AEI event, a panel of experts will discuss the important differences and similarities between U.S. and Canadian systems and the lessons they provide regarding housing bubbles. AEI resident fellow Alex J. Pollock will moderate the discussion. [READ MORE]

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The Effects of Product Liability Exemption in the Presence of the FDA
By Tomas J. Philipson, Eric C. Sun, Dana Goldman
National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, December 2009

In the United States, drugs are jointly regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which oversees premarket clinical trials designed to ensure drug safety and efficacy, and the liability system, which allows patients to sue manufacturers for unsafe drugs. In this paper, AEI visiting scholar Tomas J. Philipson (University of Chicago), Eric C. Sun (University of Chicago), and Dana Goldman (University of Southern California) examine the potential welfare effects of this dual system to ensure the safety of medical products, and conclude that product liability exemptions for FDA regulated activities could raise economic efficiency. [READ MORE]

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AEI visiting scholar Steven J. Davis and fellow University of Chicago economists Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy argue that the slow recovery from the recession is due in part to the time required for financial institutions to regain their footing after the financial turmoil of the past few years, but government proposals have also increased uncertainty and risk for businesses and investors. [READ MORE]

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A comprehensive policymaker's guide to the Medicaid program, Medicaid Everyone Can Count On, by Thomas W. Grannemann (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and Mark V. Pauly (University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and AEI), offers unique insights into the complex interactions among stakeholders in America’s state-based public health care programs. [READ MORE]

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