When the G8 major economies convened at Camp David last weekend, the continuing crisis of the euro, common currency of 17 European Union (EU) members, dominated the economic discussions. The agonies of Greece, badly divided in recent parliamentary elections, and forced to vote again on 17 June, were at the forefront.

In today's global economy, countries constantly compete for corporations' research activities. U.S. tax policy lags behind many countries in attracting firms' R&D centers. With the increased mobility of research and intellectual property, this conference will focus on how countries should tax innovative, answering important questions for countries seeking to promote economic growth.

Europe's banks and entire monetary system are in crisis from the sovereign debt of financially weak governments.  But the capital requirement for banks to hold such Euro denominated debt was zero.  It was defined as "risk free," but has instead led to massive losses.

After the European Union’s latest crisis summit last week, international financial markets reacted cautiously. And well they should, since this umpteenth effort to save several Eurozone countries from fiscal collapse, and the common currency itself, produced mediocre results

During the past three decades, bank supervision and regulation have failed. The banking industry—in the United States and worldwide—has been beset by an array of unprecedented and severe crises. At this AEI event, professor Charles Calomiris will lay out a 10-point "incentive-robust" framework for financial reform and a panel of experts will discuss his work.

What's needed is the strong arm of the European Central Bank to remove catastrophic risk from the marketplace without risking the bank's core mission of fighting inflation.

The Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (SFRC) is a group of publicly recognized independent experts on the financial services industry—including banking, insurance and securities—who meet regularly to study and critique regulatory policies affecting this sector of the economy.

Economist John Makin explores, in his latest Economic Outlook, why the Eurozone crisis has worsened so quickly in recent weeks and what options this leaves for Europe.

Europe is now battling an acute systemic debt crisis that threatens the global financial system and the global economy. This worsening crisis constitutes the largest single threat to the US economy and its financial system

It is culture that creates economics, and not the other way around.