Regulation is necessary to overcome perverse incentives and ensure the quality of corporate governance ratings, which are important to institutional investors, managers, and their clients.

Attempts to abolish conflicts of interest in the FDAcould tie the organization'shands as it goes about the crucial task of marshalling the best scientific advice.

The inherent conflict of science and politics will be the subject of the second-annual "Bloody Crossroads" conference at AEI.

Reimposing Glass-Steagall restrictions on affiliation between banks and securities firms will not prevent the conflicts of interest that truly should be prevented.

If ever we need evidence of ideology run rampant, the House vote to eliminate the annual American Community Survey and the Economic Census to provide basic information on the state of businesses and industries in the country and data used for generating quarterly gross domestic product estimates is exhibit A.

On April 13, 2012, the US Department of the Treasury released new cost estimates for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Looking principally at actual and projected contractual cash flows, the document concludes that: "Overall, the government is now expected to at least break even on its financial stability programs and may realize a positive return." 

China's new leadership is threatening to stay content with slower economic growth, and the country's manufacturing, housing, and export sectors are experiencing problems. Nonetheless, China has an opportunity to influence economic growth in 2012 through stimulus measures to its own economy.

The new Partners HealthCare conflict-of-interest policy does nothing address the timeless and persuasive conflict of interest between physician and provider.