Robert E. Litan

Right now, the debate over American health policy is understandably focused on the Affordable Care Act -- and the possibility that the Supreme Court might overturn it.

The legal and political uncertainties surrounding the health care law seem to have paralyzed our efforts to rein in the runaway growth of...

It is no secret that much of America needs a facelift. Ever more cars and heavy trucks in increasingly crowded -- and expanding -- urban areas require more road capacity and massive repairs to decaying bridges. The World Economic Forum ranks the United States 23rd in the world on the...

The US government has tried trillions of dollars of fiscal and monetary stimulus, and yet our economy remains stuck in low gear. The officially measured unemployment rate hovers around or above 9 percent, but millions more are so discouraged by the poor job market that they have stopped looking for...

The U.S. economy is struggling to emerge from a recession that led to the destruction of eight million jobs. At the same time, the federal budget deficit remains stuck above $1 trillion. Having already allocated more than $1.6 trillion toward economic stimulus (the 2009 stimulus package and the December 2010...

With little taste for new spending programs, America has another option for creating jobs. It's called entrepreneurship, and polices that promote it can be a low-cost stimulus package that sparks innovation and creates tens of thousands of jobs.

The core idea is to build an army of entrepreneurs -- the...

Tucked away in a few pages in the comprehensive financial reform bill outlined by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Senator Dodd (D-Conn.) are provisions that would raise the costs of angel investments in startup ventures. These provisions are both unnecessary and unhelpful at a time when policymakers should be looking for...