The Open Market Blog

• By: Matthew Melchiorre
• 07/28/2011

As the debt ceiling deadline of August 2 draws closer, the demagoguery and fear-mongering of government officials has ramped up. This is not surprising given…

• By: Matthew Melchiorre
• 07/28/2011

Misguided notions of “social justice” resulted in Hispanic-Americans losing half the value of their homes within four years, according to a new report by…

• By: Matthew Melchiorre
• 07/22/2011

President Obama just wants to grow government. He said it himself in a press conference on the debt ceiling negotiations. As I point out…

• By: Matthew Melchiorre
• 07/20/2011

The National Security Agency (NSA) is “the Enron of the U.S. intelligence community,” according to former NSA whistle-blower Thomas Drake. He cited widespread…