Campus controversies in the last few years have gained national attention. In 2005, American University president Benjamin Ladner resigned amid accusations that he had misused university funds for personal expenses. In 2006, Dartmouth College alumni voted overwhelmingly against changes to their historically significant role in governance--but the following year, the...

This AEI event examined what can be learned from the research on geographic variation in health spending.

To create private-sector jobs and raise wages for those now working, we must make America a magnet for investment from abroad. A trade agenda to promote exports is one piece of competing in a global economy, but without an aggressive campaign to draw in foreign investors’ resources, the United States will miss key employment and economic growth opportunities.

University endowments have grown considerably over the past decade owing to a relatively strong stock market and aggressive investing techniques. With the cost of college skyrocketing, endowments have now come under increased scrutiny from the public and from Congress. Some think that investment gains from university endowments should be used...

Why do only a minority of Americans feel that they have saved adequately for their retirement? Little is known about why people fail to plan for retirement and whether wide variations in Americans’ financial knowledge may affect their decisions about how much to save and which investments to hold.

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University endowments have grown considerably over the past decade owing to a relatively strong stock market and aggressive investing techniques. With the cost of college skyrocketing, endowments have now come under increased scrutiny from the public and from Congress. Some think that investment gains from university endowments should be used...

AEI adjunct scholar Jagdish Bhagwati, professor at Columbia University and international trade economist, will present his new book, In Defense of Globalization (Oxford University Press, 2004). In the first panel, Bhagwati and two prominent experts on the international economy, Douglas Irwin of Dartmouth College and Daniel Tarullo of Georgetown University...

International trade scholars Douglas Irwin of Dartmouth College and Petros Mavroidis of Columbia University Law School have completed a study of the motivations and goals that underpinned the creation of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) at the end of World War II. Given the dire straits of...