The Open Market Blog

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 05/18/2007

Along with the launch of the Politico, the arrival of The Onion in print has been a boon to the nation’s capital’s…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 05/09/2007

Speaking of gas prices, from Wisconsin comes a story that illustrates just how stupid government can be in trying to meddle with prices…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 05/07/2007

One hopeful sign of the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as President of France is the expectations among many of his supporters, some of whom the…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 05/06/2007

While I agree with Richard’s observation “that most people who are skeptical of Wal-Mart’s business practices are entirely unaware of these hundreds of millions of…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 05/02/2007

Alvaro Vargas Llosa, co-author of the now-classic 1996 primer on Latin America's statist political economy, Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot ("a book…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 04/23/2007

It’s hard to believe this is even a question. The comments vary in opinion and quality, but one Venezuelan poster is worth quoting: The…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 04/23/2007

The decline of organized labor in America’s private sector is a well-known story, but less known to Americans is how much the rest of the…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 04/06/2007

Anyone who doubts that Americans are living longer and healthier need only see the Stooges, Michigan’s godfathers of punk, who, pushing 60…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 04/05/2007

Authoritarian thugs are often puritanical and self-righteous, and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is earning his place in the pantheon of dictatorial killjoys, by limiting alcohol…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 04/03/2007

Today’s Washington Examiner features a very good editorial on the District of Columbia’s consideration of Public Labor Agreements in its proposed $2.3 billion…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 04/03/2007

Slate features a great essay on Leon Trotsky by British critic Clive James, excerpted from his volume, Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/21/2007

Keep up with Al Gore’s Capitol Hill appearance with Iain Murray, live blogging on Planet Gore. His latest entry follows: Al…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/16/2007

In preparation for Al Gore’s congressional testimony promoting his climate alarmist agenda, CEI Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis presented a rebuttal to many…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/16/2007

CEI’s Capitol Hill global warming briefing for Congressional staff is now being broadcast live on C-Span 2, responding to Al Gore’s alarmist agenda. Watch…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/12/2007

Today on National Review Online, I contribute to a symposium on Hugo Chavez. There is little the United States can do about Hugo Chavez’s…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/05/2007

Last night’s new episode of “The Simpsons” skewers the No Child Left Behind Act’s testing requirements — in only a few seconds. School district…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/05/2007

Over at Planet Gore, Iain and our former colleague Peter Suderman have some further commentary on the silly Washington Post article by…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/04/2007

Many libertarian economists and commentators have long criticized professional licensing as a protectionist scheme that restricts competition to the benefit of some (licensed) producers and to the…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/04/2007

Today’s Washington Post “Outlook” section features an article by science fiction writer Bruce Sterling that needs to be read to be believed. Suffice it…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/03/2007

Today’s Journal also reports that the two environmental groups that endorsed the recent buyout of the utility TXU Corp. after the company agreed to…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/03/2007

Today’s weekend Wall Street Journal‘s lead editorial (available free online at OpinionJournal.com) addresses the Climate Action Partnership, reitarating some of CEI’s arguments against this…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/02/2007

I noted yesterday that vetoing the Employee Free Choice Act, the mandatory card check bill that the House passed yesterday, would provide President George…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/01/2007

The U.S. House of Representatives today approved, by a 241-185 vote, the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800), which would destroy secret ballot protections in…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/01/2007

The misleadingly named "Employee Free Choice Act" (H.R 800) reaches the House floor today. This bill would essentially do away with secret ballot elections in…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 02/23/2007

Fred Smith’s presentation at Guatemala’s Universidad Francisco Marroquin on how markets can help protect antiquities is now available online.

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 02/21/2007

I’m quoted in today’s Investor’s Business Daily on organized labor’s struggle to remain relevant in the private sector, where its numbers have been declining…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 02/13/2007

A relatively flexible labor market has long been one of America’s great economic strengths — as well as of Great Britain relative to Continental Europe.

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 02/12/2007

This week’s new episode of  the Fox animated series”King of the Hill” centers around a great — and hilarious — illustration of the public…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 02/12/2007

It shouldn’t be surprising. In Arizona, the state’s minimum wage hike, which went into effect last month, has led to teenagers being laid off,…