The US food system is widely recognized as one of the safest in the world. Nevertheless, about one in every six American is sick every year from eating a contaminated food product. Food safety incidents often make the news and many perceive the US food system as vulnerable.

One of the main provisions of the 2012 Farm Bill is a “shallow-loss” program. This program is being portrayed as a safety net, but there are significant questions that must be examined before the program is enacted. At this event, Vince Smith and Barry Goodwin will discuss these questions and will release new research and analysis on the cost of shallow-loss programs.

The teaching profession is crucial to America's society and economy, but public-school teachers should receive compensation that is neither higher nor lower than market rates.

The new portal for AEI's scholarship blends a clean, modern design with dynamic search and filters, a streamlined registration process and easy online events viewing, enhanced social media tools including article highlights primed for Twitter, and special collections of content that keep readers on top of the hot news trends.

Demographic, economic, and political forces have placed unprecedented demands on Medicare that cannot be met without major program reform. Policies are needed to change the fundamental incentives that drive provider and patient behavior in Medicare--and ultimately the entire health sector.

Medicare is a social insurance program that has the unfortunate characteristics to be expected from any centrally controlled provision of services. We do indeed have a system-wide problem, but if we expect to solve it we have to start with Medicare.

India is on the brink of finalizing a free trade agreement with the European Union. Yet even as the deal gets close, one area remains hotly contested: protection for intellectual property (IP). Controversy mounts over "data exclusivity" for pharmaceuticals.

The SEC now is seeking public comment on how to improve its process for retrospective reviews of existing rules.