At this AEI conference, experts addressed the potential regulation of BPA, a chemical used in plastic and other common products.

An alternative narrative is that the financial crisis was caused by U.S. government housing policies that helped create 25 milion subprime and Alt-A mortgages--47 percent of all U.S. mortgages--which are currently defaulting at unprecedented rates.

Michael Lewis's best-selling book The Big Short raises questions about the validity of the ideas underpinning the financial regulation legislation Congress is now considering.