It's tempting to call the shameful taxpayer subsidy for electric cars - vehicles that are unaffordable for all but a small number of wealthy Americans - this nation's costly little secret.

This paper measures the incidence of a carbon tax on gasoline using current income and two measures oflifetime income to rank households.

If the nation truly wants to address the wild roller coaster of price swings, it's important to understand the factors that affect prices.

This paper measures the incidence of a carbon tax on gasoline using current income and two measures of lifetime income to rank households.

In a just-published piece in Tax Notes, AEI economists Kevin Hassett and Alan Viard explain how targeted tax increases on big oil companies pose significant risks to the economy.

For some months now, President Obama has increasingly been couching his rhetoric in the language of fairness. But in recent weeks, a growing number of conservative elected officials have begun contesting Obama’s claim to be the arbiter of what constitutes fairness and taking the issue of fairness head on in public policy.

Once again, high gasoline prices are in the news. As of this writing, the national average gasoline price per gallon price is hovering around $3.79.

The private sector is entirely capable of developing EVs and other new automotive technologies without the need for subsidies.