The World Bank is resisting efforts to create a truly independent review of its stewardship over foreign aid.

Under President Obama’s health care plan, the United States Preventive Services Task Force now wields great power to decide which health services (like mammograms) doctors should provide, yet it has few checks on its sweeping authority.

Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a hearing titled "Multilateral Development Banks: Promoting Effectiveness and Fighting Corruption."

With the shale boom radically altering the energy chessboard, panicked ideologues are resorting to a tired ploy: pitting natural gas against alternative sources as if generating energy is a zero-sum game.

Testimony by Allan H. Meltzer before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 12, 2002.

New leadership at the IMF and the end of James Wolfensohn"s term at the World Bank in 2005 provide an opportunity for new approaches and much needed reform.

The IMF should establish a list of policies that countries must adopt to be assured ofcrisis assistance.The World Bank should be monitored by an independent group similar to the GAO.

David Farabee's new book from the AEI Press offers a solution to combat increasing prisoner recidivism rates.