What's on the horizon for taxes? AEI's Aparna Mathur weighs in with the House Small Business Committee.

Robert Barro discussed his recent research pertaining to the enactment of the first stimulus package.

In January of this year, the number of manufacturing jobs increased by 50,000. Yet this vibrant sector is being held back—and not by imports.

This article is the first part of a two-part examination of the contentious issue of how state governments' provision of goods and services to the public should be taxed under a VAT.

The massive government spending during World War II did not lead to an economic boom. Economic historians have known for some time that the war cut personal consumption as Americans saved their paychecks in record amounts.

The economic policies of the Obama administration have not helped the economy rebound. His policies have instead hurt job creation and has led to a hiring freeze.

Facing a determined recall effort by Democrats in his home state, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) defended his public-employee reforms as adjustments that ultimately protect the middle class.

It is a view as ubiquitous as it is simplistic: To improve public education, pay teachers more—a lot more. Union officials, education reformers, scholars, laypeople, and politicians of all stripes endorse this principle in one form or another.