Republican Bob Turner's win in the New York 9th district special election is a big reversal from the 2008 general election. Voters just issued what amounts to an emphatic thumbs down on the policies of the Obama Democrats. This result is a rebuke to Barack Obama, but it is a rebuke as well—a stinging one, perhaps more stinging—to Senator Charles Schumer.

Last November, the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation--a group of academic experts and market specialists--issued the first comprehensive report on whether excessive regulation and litigation were causing a migration of financial transactions away from the United States. The report concluded there was strong evidence of this possibility and recommended various...

In November 2006, the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a group of academics and market specialists, issued its interim report, the first research report on the apparent migration of public offerings by international companies from the United States to London and other overseas markets. The interim report analyzed the causes...

Scott Brown's economic platform aligns with what academic literature considers sound economic policy and it won him the election in the bluest of states.

President Obama's speech on immigration was misleading, as he attempted to blame Republicans for non-action even while his own party seems hesitant to move forward and his own administration undermines a bipartisan effort toward comprehensive legislation.

It becomes pretty obvious to everyone that the vicious political attacks we hear everyday are simply empty rhetoric.

The Committee strongly supports the SEC Chairman Schapiro's commitment to base the agency's regulatory reaction on its professional judgment underpinned with careful empirical studies and not on accommodating political pressure.

As the president-elect gets ready for new responsibilities, here are four ways for himto become a reliable steward of the economy.