At this event, AEI visiting scholar R. Richard Geddes, who urged for postal reform in his 2003 AEI Press book "Saving the Mail," will present an updated policy paper that assesses the USPS’s current situation and argues for long-term, concrete reform.

To create a modern, effective postal industry that will not drain government resources, government ownership and monopoly power must end.

Most industrialized countries have started serious postal reform, so international experience is available to guide us, along with a set of recommendations from the President's Commission.

A January 2012 report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows that federal government employees receive substantially higher compensation than similarly skilled workers in the private sector. The report’s methodology and conclusions are broadly similar to previous studies from both The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute.

The postal reform bills in the House and Senate are disappointing in light of the reforms carried out in other developed countries, including privatization and complete de-monopolization.

In United States Postal Service v. Flamingo Industries, the Supreme Court decided that the postal service is exempt from antitrust liability; the ruling is disturbing.

In this essay, the author examines the ability of a government-owned firm to behave anticompetitively and considers postal services in particular.

Substantial postal reform has taken place in many other countries, which indicates that meaningful reform in the United States is feasible and in concert with other countries' policies.