GSEs, if they are created at all, should always have limited-life charters and never be granted perpetual ones.

History teaches an essential lesson: GSEs, if they are created at all, should always have limited-life charters and never be granted perpetual ones.

The GSE reform legislation now being considered by Congress should be amended to revoke the GSEs' perpetual charters and replace them with limited-life charters.

Perpetual government-sponsored charters are simply a mistake. Let's at least relearn that lesson.

We should aim in the long term for a housing finance sector which is principally a robust private market, and one in which you can be either a private company, or you can be a government agency, but you can't be both.

Alex Pollock gives the House Financial Services Committee 12 different solutions and ideas for moving forward and dealing with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A list of AEI scholars available to comment on the new Fannie Mae report.

What is the proper role for the government in the financial system, and in housing finance, in particular?