A comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of different types of policy interventions.

Should the United States pursue a vigorous antitrust policy?

The author responds to a paper written by Robert W. Crandall and Clifford Winston on the effects of antitrust policy on consumer welfare.

Government intervention is often called for when markets do not perform well. Presenters at this event will revisit the important debate about the appropriate role for markets and government. Clifford Winston will summarize his new Joint Center book, Government Failure vs. Market Failure: Microeconomics Policy Research and Government Performance (AEI-Brookings...

What can government do when markets fail?

Who should be first in line for kidney transplants—the relatively healthy or the severely ill? Should chronic troublemakers be allowed to remain in public housing? Should perpetually disruptive students stay in classes where they can prevent other children from learning? In their new book, Targeting in Social Programs: Avoiding Bad...

AEI and the Brookings Institution have established the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies.

The airline industry is not perfect, but ithas beenmuch better since deregulation.