Peter Wallison

The American Enterprise Institute's Peter Wallison argues that the executive branch has encroached on Congressional powers, plus looks back at lessons learned from the financial crisis.

The sub-prime mortgage crisis and the ensuing debate over the proper role of government in promoting home ownership raise questions about the involvement Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo may have had, as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Clinton, in getting the bubble going.  Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Wayne Barrett, senior editor at The Village Voice, and Peter Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, look at various aspects of the issue.

The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has drawn heavy criticism from those who don't believe he should have the right to be tried in civilian court. Elisa Massimino, President and CEO of Human Rights First, and Peter Wallison, an Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the ...

Austan Goolsbee, professor of economics at the University of Chicago graduate school of business and economic advisor to Barack Obama, discusses Barack Obama's response to the economic crisis and what new regulations are needed.

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Peter Wallison , Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies ...