This panel will explore potential positive and negative economic and environmental impacts from a national carbon tax in the post-cap-and-trade policy environment.

How do we define competitiveness, and is it worth pursuing as a policy goal? In what ways do countries compete in various areas, including education, intellectual property, health care and taxes? This AEI conference will be the first of a two-part series in which scholars will present new research on competitiveness. Each paper will be presented by its author(s), followed by comments from an expert and questions from the audience.

In their new book, The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen, (Simon & Schuster, October 2008), Arthur Laffer, founder and CEO of Laffer Associates and a former member of President Ronald Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board; Wall Street Journal senior economics writer...

Panelists at this event will discuss the proper role of stimulus funds to increase high-speed Internet access and the broader role of government in Internet policy.

This study discusses projected costs of the federal government's student loan consolidation program.

In Rational Exuberance: Silencing the Enemies of Growth and Why the Future Is Better Than You Think (HarperBusiness, 2004), Michael J. Mandel argues that the U.S. economy will not create enough jobs or wealth in the future unless breakthrough innovations--on the order of the Internet--take place. It is...

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The policy debate running up to the Democratic presidential primary is already in full swing, and the 2004 general election is a little over a year away. Democratic presidential hopefuls have made it clear that they disagree with the current administration’s economic and budget policies and have...

What is the government's role in stabilizing the financial system? Academic researchers, practitioners, and policymakers often argue that financial markets require unique forms of government intervention given their importance to the wider economy. Many also believe that government policies designed to reduce financial market instability and the threat of...