European policy makers overlook the severity of the sovereign debt crises in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, and instead focus on liquidity in an attempt to prevent the recurrence of budget profligacy.

Alzheimer's is a disease without a cure; the number of people afflicted continues to rise, and it is time for bureaucrats in Washington to support brain science research in the hope of finding a cure.

If something cannot go on forever, it will stop. But even with the super committee's failure we may be able to avoid a sudden, calamitous stop—and provide a government worthy of the 21st century for all Americans.

Dr Herbert Stein, one of America's greatest post war economists and public servants passed away in Washington in September, mour-ned by a legion of friends and admirers.Deeply influenced by the social and economic consequences of the great depression of the 1930s, Stein studied economics, first at Williams College...

Herbert Stein's writing was characterized by wit, modesty, and a contrarian streak, but above all by lucidity and grace.

AEI Senior Fellow Herbert Stein, a leading influence on U.S. economic policy for more than fifty years, died on September 8 from heart disease.

Tribute to Herbert Stein.

An objective assessment by outside analysts could realistically estimate the hazard and the costs and benefits of various earthquake codes.