What do America’s memorials and monuments tell us about our nation and our identity as citizens? How should we memorialize past events and individuals?

Fannie Mae did not contribute marginally to the financial crisis. It was the source of the declining mortgage underwriting standards that brought down the system.

In the latest Retirement Outlook, AEI scholar Alex Brill warns that some employees' 401(k)s are still at risk from being too invested in a single stock -- their own company's stock.

A new report by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) argues that one of the greatest mistakes the United States can make is to imagine that Iranian activities in a given arena--the nuclear program, for example--are isolated from Iranian undertakings in another. The report examines those other areas

America’s national debt now exceeds $15 trillion, which is roughly equal to the value of all goods and services the U.S. economy produces in one year. If left unchecked, America's debt will have catastrophic consequences for the future of the nation. How did we arrive at this point?

The Committee believes the Treasury Department'sestablishment of conservatorship for the GSEs must be the beginning and not the end of the reform process. Liquidationoffers the most promising future for the enterprises; it allows taxpayers to benefit from whatever value remains in the companies, but minimizes the risk of continuing government involvement with their activities.

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The subprime mortgage crisis has brought to light several policy issues associated...

Testimony before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises on issues surrounding the Milberg Weiss indictment and H.R. 5491.