The Open Market Blog

• By: Matt Patterson
• 11/04/2011

Voters in Colorado this week repudiated a slew of proposed tax increases, even those targeted for "education." The Associated Press reports: Voters [in Colorado] resoundingly…

• By: Matt Patterson
• 11/03/2011

When I moved into my suburban Washington, D.C., neighborhood three years ago, the nearby town center was a thriving hub of restaurants, shops and theaters,…

• By: Matt Patterson
• 10/28/2011

According to an estimate by the United Nations’ population division, Earth’s seven billionth human will be born on or about Halloween 2011, most likely in…

• By: Matt Patterson
• 10/25/2011

The nonprofit fiscal watchdog State Budget Solutions has conducted an extensive analysis of state government finances. Reuters sums up the dismal findings: State Budget Solutions…

• By: Matt Patterson
• 10/21/2011

What do the Wall Street protesters want? According to a survey of 200 protesters encamped in New York’s Zuccotti Park and reported by pollster…