The first order of business for a Republican president next year should be corporate-tax reform. But even if Republicans win big in the fall, undoing America's largest policy error will be an almost impossible political lift, unless enough people in both parties come to grips with the counterintuitive economics of corporate-tax reform.

If we hope to have a viable banking industry in the future, the Volcker Rule - among many other provisions of the Dodd-Frank should be revisited now.

As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to implement the "Living Will" requirements of Section 165(d).

At a time when new disclosures raise serous doubts about the true financial condition of Fannie Mae, a practical privatization plan may be a better alternative than tighter regulation.

Tens and millions of dollars flow each year from foreign sources to American labor unions, but actions taken by President Obama's administration make that money harder to trace.

Should new financial activities of banking organizations be permitted only through the subsidiaries of bank holding companies?

This is the third and final event in AEI's project on the privatization of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. At this event, housing market experts will comment on and critique a proposed privatization plan and a plan for improving the residential mortgage market through...

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) recently released two studies as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.