For all the talk about the Affordable Care Act's mandate to purchase insurance, you might think that the mandate is the linchpin of the entire law. It isn't, at least from the standpoint of whether the insurance market will collapse without it. 

The emerging tiger of Southeast Asia has hit a rough patch, but its long-term outlook remains bright.

Testimony on reforming the alternative minimum tax (AMT) such that it does not needlessly harm uninformed taxpayers.

The U.S. economy has been doing poorly for so long now that it's easy to get dispirited. But there are several reasons to think 2012 might be a good one for American economic performance.

Economists Pia Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny will present their proposal for an employment-based immigration policy.

North Korea is testing how much the Obama administration will give to maintain the fiction of diplomatic progress.

AEI director of education policy studies Frederick Hess explains in his new book that we need to completely rethink today's teaching and schooling.

The Senate approved legislation to restore modest reductions to the loan limits applicable to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA. Except for the housing lobby, there is widespread agreement that reducing these limits is a key first step towards ending the government's chokehold on the now nationalized housing finance market.