The central concern of the book is that the administrative agencies of the Executive Branch are gradually taking over the legislative role of Congress. The courts bear the major responsibility for thi
The 2008 financial crisislike the Great Depressionwas a world-historical event. What caused it will be debated for years, if not generations. The conventional narrative is that the financial crisis wa
Peter J. Wallison is the only member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) to release a formal dissent to the FCICOs official report on the causes of the financial crisis. Wallison, codire
This timely study focuses on how the government-constructed narratives surrounding the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2008 financial crisis shaped the policymaking that led to the Dodd
An icon of the twentieth century, Ronald Reagan has earned a place among the most popular and successful U.S. presidents. In this compelling firsthand account of Reagan's presidency, Peter J. Wallison
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have aggressively used their government support to achieve extraordinarily high profitability and domination of the residential mortgage market.
Every federal campaign finance reform law enacted since 1971-ostensibly intended to keep politicians honest and limit the influence of contributors-has in reality protected incumbents by reducing the
American Enterprise Institute fellow Wallison, and Gora (Brooklyn Law School), who argued in court against campaign finance reform for the American Civil Liberties Union, suggest that if there is corr
Examining a variety of instances in which government and private firms compete, the authors raise fundamental questions about the proper relationship between business and government in a market econom
