At this event, Alan Viard will present the X tax proposal while James Mackie of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute will offer commentary.

Obamacare may be President Obama proudest legislative achievement, but the fact is it has been a political disaster for Democrats. The unpopular law has galvanized Obama’s conservative opponents, driven away moderates and independents, and hung like an albatross around the neck of the U.S. economy. A decision by the Supreme...

The best way to attract investment to the United States is not to penalize domestic firms that invest abroad, but to remove penalties on firms, domestic or foreign, that invest here. Numerous governments around the world have reached similar conclusions about their own economies and have reduced corporate income tax rates to attract investment to their shores.

What is the impact of unemployment insurance on the recession and how does Obama's proposal hold up?

Analyzes tax penalties for marriage.

Legislators would like to provide generous, gold-plated health insurance coverage to almost all Americans, but no one wants to pay for it.

The individual mandate has been presented as a necessary means to more popular ends – universal coverage, better access to care for those with pre-existing health conditions, and lower health care costs for those already insured. However, the real evidence of the connection between the mandate and the problems it purportedly could solve is shaky at best.

Instead of micromanaging the health sector, sensible policy would take advantage of market incentives to reduce inefficiency and promote a high-value health care system.