Scruton makes a counterintuitive yet persuasive case that optimists and idealists--with their ignorance about the truths of human nature and human society, and their naive hopes about what can be changed--have wrought havoc for centuries.

In an upcoming piece, AEI's Kevin Hassett highlights a new unique index of policy uncertainty which was developed in a path-breaking paper by Stanford economists Scott R. Baker and Nicholas Bloom along with AEI Visiting Scholar and University of Chicago economist Steve Davis. Among...

Taxmageddon is the result of the extreme shortsightedness of President Obama and the Democrats, who extended current tax policies for only two years back in 2010. The latest research suggests that the economy will suffer severely this year for that shortsightedness.

There currentcredit crisis is growing, but it is possible that buying bonds may ease the situation.

Americans' views on second-hand smoke, Iraq WMDs, peace in the Middle East, and more.

Perhaps it's the sweet California air, but the pervasive (though not universal) pessimism in biopharma these days is really bumming me out.  Consequently, I'd like to discuss three potential responses to difficult industry problems.

Can the current post-Bretton Woods international monetary system prevent a return to the beggar-thy-neighbor policies and competitive devaluations that so harmed international prosperity in the 1930s? What are the system's flaws? Can they be corrected, and if so, how? An expert panel will address these and related issues.

The U.S. economy and European economies, for that matter, will probably experience slowing growth as we move further into 1998.