This article is the first part of a two-part examination of the contentious issue of how state governments' provision of goods and services to the public should be taxed under a VAT.

At this AEI event, Bruce Bartlett will discuss his new book, which proposes that a value-added tax is the most effective way to improve the nation's fiscal imbalance.

The Nobel Peace Prize is the world’s most prestigious award, as Jay Nordlinger argues in this erudite and insightful history. He has written not only the go-to reference book for the prize and its laureates but also an important philosophical reflection on the nature of “peace” in modern times.

In November 2007, the Financial Services Roundtable published The Blueprint for U.S. Financial Competitiveness, a report that recommended ways to counteract the gradual decline in U.S. financial services competitiveness because of excessive regulation, litigation risk, and lack of regulatory coordination. Since then, many financial services organizations have provided comments and...

Many provisions of the tax code are barely distinguishable from spending programs. For example, congressional spending programs are often put into effect as "tax credits" and eventually become classified as "tax expenditures." Should we draw a line between a tax and tax expenditure? Scholar Bruce Bartlett of the...

Kevin A. Hassett reviews Econoclasts, by Brian Domitrovic, and The New American Economy, by Bruce Bartlett.

Was the Dodd-Frank Act necessary? This and related questions will be addressed by two panels of experts with widely difference perspectives.

A review of Bruce Bartlett's Impostor.