During the past three decades, bank supervision and regulation have failed. The banking industry—in the United States and worldwide—has been beset by an array of unprecedented and severe crises. At this AEI event, professor Charles Calomiris will lay out a 10-point "incentive-robust" framework for financial reform and a panel of experts will discuss his work.

Some consumers and businesses might see a little extra cash this summer as a result of the 2010 health care law. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently reported an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates will be delivered from health insurers who spent more than the law allotted on administrative expenses and profits.

Do teacher incentives actually make our schools better? New research on North Carolina schools by Thomas Ahn of the University of Kentucky suggests that the answer is a definitive "yes."

New research shows that a North Carolina-style incentive-pay program has the potential to improve student learning by encouraging teachers to exert more effort on the job.

The Obama administration should shift away from programs based on Keynesian reasoning and toward policies that emphasize favorable economic incentives.