The Open Market Blog

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/06/2008

After completing an exhaustive comparison of European government-run monopolies and private gambling operators, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA)…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/05/2008

Whether you were backing the other guy, or you objected to all of the candidates, free marketeers may find some reasons to…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/04/2008

Today, as you may have heard, is kind of an important day for some people. It is that day that comes along once every…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/03/2008

In the eternal battle of industry vs. regulators, the horseracing industry is employing a wily plan that just might save it from the…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/08/2008

There has been a lot of talk lately about regulators “working together” to get things done in Washington. Reaching across the aisle.  Compromise.

• By: Michelle Minton
• 04/30/2008

Cordelia Ashton is an angry woman; she feels that her insurance company is treating her unfairly. She feels this way because once…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 03/26/2008

The US government is no stranger to ridiculousness. As Eli pointed out in his recent study on dumb product bans, the logic (I use…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 03/25/2008

picture via freedomandshit.org I’ve been following the discussion on bad British teeth between Eli and Fran and while it may be…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 03/24/2008

Today the LA Times published an interesting opinion article that opposes health care mandates in a way I hadn’t yet heard. The authors claim…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 03/20/2008

To respond to Hans’s post: in order for the government to force Geno’s to serve everyone who stumbles up to the window indiscriminately, it…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 03/20/2008

James Stewart that is, in the movie Shenandoah. While considering the various angles of the DC gun ban debate, I happened to…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 03/05/2008

Despite that fact that most economist agree (to steal the global warming crowd’s favorite turn of phrase) that rent control has primarily negative effects, laws…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 02/28/2008

These days it seems that you can slap the word “addiction” after any activity and escape personal responsibility for poor decision making. Moreover, in…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 02/05/2008

Lawmakers on the Hill may have to walk a little more than usual thanks to the taxicab drivers’ strike that began today. Maybe they’ll…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 12/28/2007

Humanitarians are perplexed by the fact that, despite their hard work and the fact that it’s the epicenter of the world’s largest aid effort, starvation…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 12/26/2007

Imagine you are going on vacation and you pay your neighbor to tend to the hanging plants you have outside of your house. While you’re…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 12/12/2007

Chicago's Health Committee is set to vote on a measure this afternoon that would prohibit residents from owning chickens as pets. Alderwoman Lona Lane,…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 12/05/2007

As the first significant snowfall blankets the Washington, D.C. area, a word of warning: Be careful at whom you aim any snowballs. Hit the…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 12/04/2007

For patients dying from a terminal illnesses, sometimes the only comfort they have is being able to choose the manner in which they ‘check out’.

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/29/2007

A new report today warns that increased use of CT scans and subsequent increased exposure to radiation could account for nearly 2 percent of…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/28/2007

A new bill proposed in Massachusetts would make it illegal for parents to spank their children. Much of the discussion centers on spanking and…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/08/2007

The New York Times today published an article that juxtaposes charter schools and public schools as if they are differing models for education, but…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/06/2007

What is more harmful to children’s’ health than tobacco smoke? The answer may be irresponsible parents. In Oregon, a state where the unemployment rate hovers…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/02/2007

Private health care is bad. Public health care will be cheaper and better quality. How do we know this? Proponents of universal care would claim…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 11/01/2007

I always worry when a government body starts to sound philosophic. As Ivan noted in his post, the Department of the Interior is struggling…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/31/2007

As I wrote about earlier in the week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had been talking about banning exclusivity deals between landlords and cable…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/29/2007

Halloween will be a little scarier this year. Along with the other horrifying regulations on this Wednesday's schedule we can now…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/26/2007

There is no McDonald's in Ethiopia. Perhaps if there was, 3000000 people would not die this year from malnutrition. In a world where poverty…