Ifpolitical threats of price controls and price-gouging lawsuits prevent prices from rising now, it is the consumers who will suffer in the long run.

Democrats from corn-producing states may hate oil company profits, but they have no qualms about using government mandates to gouge the public.

Are gas prices excessive or simply a response to current market conditions?

Daily horror stories in the media about unfit doctors, unhealthy foods, dangerous chemicals, soaring gas prices, and incompetent child care have created a culture of fear. But is that fear well-founded?

In his new book Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity (Hyperion, May 2006), John Stossel tackles the misconceptions,...

The fight against climate change has fizzled, with much of the public not believing or not caring. That's why Obama tries to change the subject to jobs when he talk about energy policy.

The private sectorcreates wealth while government just taxes it;bad economics also means bad politics.

As the task of rebuilding the Gulf Coast gets underway, AEI’s scholars are examining the economic, political, legal, environmental, and social implications ofKatrina and its aftermath.

With gasoline prices close to $3 a gallon, President Bush this morning gave a disingenuous speech to an alternative fuels association about what he was going to do to stem the rising tide.