Is corporate social responsibility really a win-win situation as its promoters claim--for corporations and the public good?

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A decade ago, corporate social responsibility (CSR) was a trendy idea promoted by quirky entrepreneurial companies like Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Now more than 50 percent of the Global 250 corporations issue corporate responsibility reports, and the...

The following is a summary highlighting testimony by AEI Director of Economic Policy Studies Kevin Hassett to the Joint Economic Committee at a hearing entitled "How the Taxation of Capital Affects Growth and Employment."

In recent years, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have proliferated, their rise facilitated by governments and corporations desperate to subcontract development projects. While many NGOs have made significant contributions to human rights, the environment, and economic and social development, a lack of international standards for NGO accountability also allows far less...

But we need a user’s manual for capitalism — one that somehow makes frighteningly evident the risks inherent in a lack of boundaries and that introduces an element of humility to the abilities we have to control and use information.

The current financial crisis is an entirely political phenomenon, caused by bad regulation and overcome only by the reestablishment of an institutional system based on responsibility and on the assumption of reasonable risk.

Physicians have watched in dismay as their role and status have devolved over the last several decades, from almost a relgious reverence to a level more commonly accorded to automobile mechanics.

If a value added tax is adopted, the revenue should be used to eliminate the corporate income tax and the Medicare portion of the payroll and self-employment taxes.