Americans are failing to save for retirement, investing their money foolishly, and choosing health insurance plans that poorly meet their needs. Why do so many of us make bad choices on such important issues? Recent scientific research shows that people are susceptible to cognitive biases. Because we are human, we...

The vote against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council shows India can use its foreign policy to promote democracy in Asia.

Vincent Reinhart testifies on monetary policy and the price of oil.

The Fed gambled that the benefits of the stimulus of QE to financial markets would offset the adverse effects of oil price developments. We will live with the consequences of that judgment in coming quarters.

These days, billions of dollars is spoken of as pocket change. A by-product of massive government debt burdens and decades of cheap cash from central banks is the notion that, while solvency might be important, liquidity should be easy to find. Particularly for financial institutions, the official state position appears...

Today, RHSU unveils the 2012 Edu-Scholar Public Presence rankings. The metrics, as explained yesterday, are designed to recognize those university-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about schools and schooling.

Harvey C. Mansfield of Harvard University and AEI delivered the third of the 2008-2009 Bradley Lectures on November 3.