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: Grant Babcock
• 07/28/2011

What is the role of community spaces in the democratic process? Which is better at producing good community spaces: civil society and the market, or…

• By: Will Tew
• 07/28/2011

The Huffington Post reports that the Department of Justice is fixing to slap a lawsuit on Wells-Fargo for “allegedly preying upon African American borrowers during…

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/28/2011

Reason's Ronald Bailey reviewed Michael Shermer's excellent The Believing Brain for The Wall Street Journal. If you don't feel like reading 340 pages, it's a…