American Enterprise Institute

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  Conservative Economist: Deficit Cutting Has Gone ‘Far Enough’

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 24, 2013

  American Enterprise Institute budget expert John Makin argues that the U.S. is now—thanks to the sequester—on a sustainable fiscal path.

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  4 Ways to Repeat the Mortgage Mess: Peter Wallison

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2013

  Peter Wallison decries Washington's latest “fix” to prevent another repeat of the housing market collapse.

• Political Stand-Offs

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  January 23, 2013

  Polarization has become a pervasive and much-noted feature of American politics.

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  Social Security’s Old Forecasting Method Hides New Time Bomb, Researchers Say

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 8, 2013

  Two researchers argue that the Social Security Administration is using outdated methods to project longevity and therefore understates the system’s shortfall by two years.

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  Wealthy French, Average Americans, Continue to Flee High Taxes

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 12, 2012

  While France’s most famous actor, Gerard Depardieu, is the latest person to flee the country because of a wealth tax set for 2013, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau suggests that ordinary Americans with average incomes continue to flee high-tax states.

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  Broad Housing Recovery Appears Under Way: Zillow Economist

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  November 21, 2012

  As Americans gather in their homes for the Thanksgiving holiday, recovering from their various labors, many can give extra thanks for what seems like fresh evidence of a recovery of their home’s value...

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  Why Not Just Fall Off the Fiscal Cliff?

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 20, 2012

  Contrarians and some politicos on both the left and the right have started to ask the forbidden question: Why not just fall off the fiscal cliff?

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  Deficit Reduction Deal: 3 Dueling Plans to Achieve It

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  November 14, 2012

  As the politicians prepare their negotiation stances ahead of Friday's White House budget talks, liberal and conservative economists are offering their ideas on how to solve America’s growing fiscal gap.

• Dividend Limits

  By Michael Finke  |  October 24, 2012

  High dividend strategies seem to go in and out of favor.

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  Reinhart and Rogoff Rebuke Romney Economic Advisers

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  October 17, 2012

  Reinhart and Rogoff, economic historians famous for their book, "This Time Is Different," criticized economists advising the Romney campaign who misused their findings from their book on the recent economic recovery.