At this event, Alan Viard will present the X tax proposal while James Mackie of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute will offer commentary.

How do we define competitiveness, and is it worth pursuing as a policy goal? In what ways do countries compete in various areas, including education, intellectual property, health care and taxes? This AEI conference will be the first of a two-part series in which scholars will present new research on competitiveness. Each paper will be presented by its author(s), followed by comments from an expert and questions from the audience.

At this AEI event, Representative Tom Petri (R-Wisc.) will discuss the combined impact of low-income tax credits on work incentives.

Budgetary allotments for U.S. regulatory agencies provide a good measure of the increasing size of government as well as of the increasingly complex regulatory regime with which American businesses, workers, and consumers must comply. Americans are further burdened by a complicated tax code created by an increasing number of tax...

States and even local governments routinely seek to attract businesses through tax incentives, credits, or exemptions. In one of many pending legal challenges, a federal appeals court has declared that many such measures constitute an impermissible, discriminatory interference with interstate commerce. This decision in Cuno v. DaimlerChrysler has prompted a...

For all the talk about independents and tea parties, the defining characteristic of this election is the revolt of the white working class, which may determine the outcome of the Senate election in West Virginia.

At a February 13 AEI conference organized by the New Atlantic Initiative, panelistsargued thatboth continents can learn from the other in terms of tax, trade, and economic policy.

John McCain's fall from presidential frontrunner status has several causes.