The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission issued its majority report in January 2011, stating that the 2007-2010 crisis was "avoidable" and caused by widespread failures in financial regulation. Commission member Peter Wallison disagreed.

The proposed "pay" rules seek to prevent compensation structures for "covered persons" at "covered institutions" (large financial firms) from encouraging "excessive" and "inappropriate" risk-taking

The Federal Reserve has recently announced its intention to purchase an additional $600 billion of securities as part of a second round of quantitative easing.

Do public insurance programs improve social welfare? Or does government intervention risk moral hazard and result in inefficient programs that would be better handled by the private sector?

In a new AEI volume, a group of leading economists critically examines whether the government should increase its role in five private insurance markets.

An analysis of why current public sector pension accounting standards understate liabilities and encourage excessive risk-taking

A no-bailout policy is the only regulation hedge funds need.

The strengthening of market discipline should be the central objective in shaping policy for the resolution of large, complex financial institutions.