The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/21/2011

Threats to freedoms even as trivial as planking should not be taken lying down.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Fran Smith
• 09/21/2011

Now that reauthorization of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) is all but a done deal -- a quid pro quo from Republican leadership to President…

Labor and Employment

• By: Hans Bader
• 09/20/2011

Some municipalities have now imposed taxes or restrictions on plastic shopping bags, even though banning or taxing plastic bags has little effect on litter, and…

Consumer Well-Being

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 09/20/2011

The Financial Times‘ lead editorial today, “Democracy’s Slow Cure for the Euro,” illustrates a growing willingness of “experts” to argue that people are too…

Trade and International