The Open Market Blog

• By: Fran Smith
• 05/11/2011

Today, at the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the committee chairman, ranking Republican, and the U.S. Trade Representative’s…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 05/11/2011

As surely as summer follows spring, it seems like every new Walmart store opening announcement in a major city is now followed by protests.  The…

Labor and Employment

• By: Marc Scribner
• 05/11/2011

If you’ve been following the free-market critiques of rail transit, you know that Portland, while frequently touted as “the city that works” by lefty…

Labor and Employment

• By: Gregory Conko
• 05/11/2011

Today's Washington Post Food section contains a number of articles following up on the Post's "The Future…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/11/2011

San Francisco is phasing out the distribution of hard-copy Yellow Pages.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 05/11/2011

A new report in The Hill notes House Republicans’ concern over “dysfunction” at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the need for overhaul. Their…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Trey Kovacs
• 05/11/2011

By Chris Woodward/Onenewsnow.com A labor policy expert is blasting the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for filing lawsuits over secret ballot legislation. The legal complaints…

Labor and Employment

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/10/2011

Last week, a New Jersey State Assembly committee considered a bill that would make it illegal to photograph minors without parental consent. The committee ultimately…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/10/2011

Congress might as well pass a law guaranteeing an above-average lifestyle for all Americans.

Labor and Employment

• By: Michelle Minton
• 05/09/2011

While some states seem to never change at all, this Monday's Alcohol Regulation Roundup highlights some pleasant possibilities on the horizon.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 05/06/2011

That state and local governments  face serious pension funding problems isn't a particularly controversial contention. However, the question of how much they're underfunded by is…

Labor and Employment

• By: Michelle Minton
• 05/06/2011

After years of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation trashing them in the media, the Adult Industry Medical Foundation (aka AIM) has closed its doors for good,…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/06/2011

NBC Miami's Brian Hamacher with the second-best lede I've read this week: "Floridians are going to have to start pulling up their pants and stop…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/06/2011

A new study says that high-salt diets may not be as harmful as once thought. Research Associate Daniel Compton takes a look.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Gregory Conko
• 05/05/2011

HRH the Prince of Wales delivered the keynote address at The Washington Post's "Future of Food" conference yesterday at Georgetown University.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/05/2011

This blog will be paying close attention to the heated legislative battle in Madison to give the delicious cream puff its due.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Fran Smith
• 05/05/2011

Looks like there could finally be some progress on long-pending free trade agreements (FTAs). Yesterday U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said that the administration…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/04/2011

Over at the Daily Caller, I look at employment data and find out that the labor force has grown by 23 million people since NAFTA…

Trade and International

• By: Trey Kovacs
• 05/04/2011

Openmarket.org The Obama administration through Obamacare (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) steadily gives competitive advantages to Big Labor. Benefits for top political donors of…

Labor and Employment

• By: Trey Kovacs
• 05/04/2011

Big Government Only in Washington would running out of money and prematurely limiting a program be considered a success. This Friday (May 6,) Obamacare’s first…

Labor and Employment

• By: Jacqueline Otto
• 05/04/2011

According to Chris Frates’ article this morning in Politico, After years of wrangling, labor and business groups are gearing up for an epic showdown…

Trade and International

• By: Marc Scribner
• 05/03/2011

Washington, D.C., is one of the five taxicab jurisdictions in the country that allows for essentially free entry. While the cab situation in D.C. is…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/03/2011

Regulatory reform is at least as important as spending, taxes, and deficits, but it doesn’t get nearly as much attention. That’s why we are pleased…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Matt Patterson
• 05/03/2011

Capital Research Center Wisconsin is the birthplace of American public-sector unionism. In 1930s the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) first organized…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/03/2011

Kinder eggs are a type of candy that enjoys worldwide popularity. They are also illegal in the United States.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/02/2011

A British man was arrested for singing the 1970s hit “Kung-Fu Fighting”.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/29/2011

On Thursday, the federal government once again appealed to the food industry to stop marketing junk food to kids. This time, though, government officials…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Trey Kovacs
• 04/29/2011

Openmarket.org Recent National Labor Relations Board actions have revealed some disconcerting truths about the vision of the Obama Administration. The litigation against South Dakota…

Labor and Employment

• By: Trey Kovacs
• 04/29/2011

Recent National Labor Relations Board actions have revealed some disconcerting truths about the vision of the Obama administration. The litigation against South Dakota and…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/29/2011

In Hopewell Township, New Jersey, chickens are only allowed to mate on 10 pre-selected days per year.

Consumer Freedom

• By: John Berlau
• 04/29/2011

Thanks Iain, for your kind comments on my Wall Street Journal op-ed celebrating the Middleton's entrepreneurship and for the great info on how…

Trade and International