Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The social cost of carbon (SCC) quantifies the economic damage associated with emitting a ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Regulatory impact analyses from U.S. federal agencies utilize the ...

In our last issue, Steven Kelman of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government criticized cost-benefit analysis from the perspective not of economics but of ethical theory. He concluded that in health, ...

Under both the Donald Trump and Joe Biden administrations, the U.S. government has had a seemingly unquenchable thirst for national security regulations limiting investment, trade, and information ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Fred L. Smith Jr. Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal ...