The following is a summary highlighting testimony by AEI Director of Economic Policy Studies Kevin Hassett to the Joint Economic Committee at a hearing entitled "How the Taxation of Capital Affects Growth and Employment."

If past performance is any guide, one has to wonder whether this will be yet another doleful instance of domestic political constraints, especially in Germany and France, resulting in a "too little too late" European policy response to an ever deepening crisis.

How to avoid an Israeli strike on Iran.

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For a bankrupt country in the middle of hyperinflation, the discovery of a major diamond deposit in Zimbabwe in June 2006 should have been good news. Instead it has provided sustenance to a volatile and violent political elite that suppresses the majority. The power sharing/coalition government in Zimbabwe came into...

If the United States and the United Nations are serious about nonproliferation, they must challenge Venezuela and Iran to come clean about their nuclear pursuits and, if necessary, take steps to hold both regimes accountable.

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The Eurozone Crisis: A Roadmap for Urgent and Decisive ActionWhile European leaders have been meeting in Brussels to address the crisis in the eurozone,...

Tony Blair's request forGeorge W. Bush's backing on aid to Africa is really a double-edged sword for the prime minister, as success will increase the power of Gordon Brown.

The best Tony Blair can do is ask for increased selective aid from America, which George W. Bush can probably agree to, while dropping the International Finance Facility.