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Maureen Ohlhausen, an FTC commissioner, outlines a step-by-step approach for putting the principles of regulatory humility into action and identifies high and low watermarks for the FTC’s adherence to this approach.
A panel of leading experts discuss whether Big Data can replace the federal statistical system, and if not, whether the two can complement each other.
Iain Duncan Smith, UK Department for Work and Pensions secretary of state, discusses the UK welfare reform effort with Rep. Todd Young (R-IN) and a panel of experts.
Representative John Delaney (D-MD) presents his American Infrastructure Fund proposal, and a panel of experts discuss.
Representative Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, discusses the implications of the FCC’s net neutrality vote.
With the full impact of harsh caps on defense spending set to resume next year, Congress has an important opportunity to analyze the merits of the president’s proposed increase and exceed it as necessary to target additional funds towards addressing the military’s readiness crisis. Here’s how policymakers could spend additional funds — up to and beyond the president’s request of $534 billion.
French economist Frederic Bastist observed various forms of “legal plunder” in the mid-1800s. Today we call it “crony capitalism” and still see it everywhere in the form of farm subsidies, the Export-Import bank, the minimum wage law, tariffs and quotas on foreign sugar, green energy subsidies, ethanol mandates, the list goes on…..
It may be the supply-side of the economy that is the big problem for U.S. growth.
If it is more than a slogan, the new economic normal can help the Chinese economy escape the middle-income trap. But the hard reforms must start now.
This week, the Federal Communications Commission voted to regulate the Internet. What’s next? We’ve gathered the latest thoughts from AEI experts on the FCC decision and what it means for the future.
Shale development may be the key to the US remaining the sole superpower for the next two generations. AEI Resident Scholar Derek Scissors explains the United States’ unique energy opportunities, the major challenges facing our adversaries, as well as the potential threats to the US energy market.
