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Fearful Symmetry: Six Decades of Treasury Yields Alex J. Pollock 04/04/2012

Interest rates in the market for U.S. Treasury debt display surprising behavior—behavior that previous market participants considered simply impossible.

How to Think about Private Equity Steve Kaplan 01/18/2012

If the overall pattern is so positive—for investors, companies, and even employment—why is private equity so controversial?

Austerity America Alexander Linklater 05/31/2011

Britain has begun to make the United States appear, by contrast, a nostalgic bastion of unchanging political custom and ideological continuity.

The Federal Reserve’s Real Mandates Alex J. Pollock 05/17/2011

The Federal Reserve has a 'triple mandate.' Grasping this allows us to understand why the Fed, while not doing so well at stabilizing prices or maximizing employment, has nonetheless gained ever greater power and status.

The Feds as Stock Speculators Philip I. Levy 05/15/2011

What the government should do with its large stock portfolio.

Greece’s Unhappy Anniversary Desmond Lachman 05/12/2011

One year after having received a $150 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund and European Union, Greece is back at the public trough asking European taxpayers for another bailout package.

Will 1970s Haircuts Ever Come Back into Style? Jay Weiser 05/04/2011

We have a lot to learn from Gerald Ford’s response to New York City’s fiscal crisis.

On Green Energy: Plainly Not Helping Spain Kenneth P. Green 05/03/2011

For Spaniards, renewable energy has gotten old.

Please Actually Read My Research Alex Brill 04/30/2011

Galen Institute founder Grace-Marie Turner’s recent opinion piece on the Medicaid drug program is deeply misguided.

The Fed vs. the FDIC on Lehman’s Failure Peter J. Wallison 04/27/2011

A recent FDIC report on Lehman Brothers’s financial condition before its failure puts in doubt the Federal Reserve’s account of its decision- making, and raises significant questions about the nature of the financial crisis.