The collapse of MF Global has exposed weaknesses in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's and Federal Reserve Bank of New York's ability to evaluate the risks that the institution's operations.

This article is the first part of a two-part examination of the contentious issue of how state governments' provision of goods and services to the public should be taxed under a VAT.

Chairman Bernanke can be faulted for not anticipating the severity of the global financial crisis, however he deserves some credit for helping stabilize the financial sector at a time of unprecedented instability.

For decades, investors have spent countless hours speculating about the Federal Reserve's agenda on interest rates. Market watchers study every adjective in often-cryptic Fed statements for clues about the outlook for monetary policy.

The federal government has taken over large swaths of consumer lending, most notably the $10 trillion home mortgage and $1 trillion student lending markets. The government's share of new loans for each now approaches 100%.Government monopolies in financial services pose risks to taxpayers as well as borrowers

Jamie Dimon had no difficulty understanding one of the cardinal rules of Chicago politics, "Don't back no losers." That makes his apparent move to the Republicans very interesting.

Twenty-five top college students will travel to the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C. this June to participate in the 2012 American Enterprise Summer Institute. 

In regards to the Federal Reserve as super regulator, change is needed and long delayed, but appropriate change must protect the public, not bankers.