The Group of Twenty (G-20) asked the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to devise a process for identifying Globally Systemic International Banks (G-SIB).  In July the FSB released a consultative document setting forth the methodology for identifying G-SIBs and in November produced its first list using this methodology.

The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in the fall of 2008 threw a sharp and critical light on the inadequacies of the world's system for resolving insolvent, globally active financial institutions; a debtor-selection system could ameliorate many of these inadequacies.

The general economic "health" of the U.S. manufacturing sector has re-emerged in a Presidential election year. In his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama announced to Americans "that we have a huge opportunity, at this moment to bring manufacturing back," promising manufacturers special tax reductions and other federal...

Key Points for Michael S. Greve's Sell Globally, Tax Locally.

A new AEI book offers a provocative origin-based approach to sales taxation as an alternative to expanding the existing, deeply flawed sales tax regime.

Thisbookdiscusses the flaws of destination-based taxation and makes the theoretical case for origin-based taxation.

Many of those affected by US trade and domestic agricultural policies are among the poorest people on the planet.

India’s education policies should encourage private initiative and focus on learning outcomes