The Open Market Blog

• By: Hans Bader
• 05/21/2008

In the Wall Street Journal, Holman Jenkins explains why mortgage bailout proposals would reward greedy and foolish borrowers and speculators in certain regions at…

• By: Hans Bader
• 05/21/2008

The Wall Street Journal criticized yesterday’s appeals court ruling that paper money discriminates against the blind.  Even the National Federation of the Blind…

• By: Fran Smith
• 05/21/2008

In an editorial today, the Washington Times skewers the 35 Republican Senators and 100 representatives who voted for what the WT called the “odious”…

• By: Hans Bader
• 05/21/2008

In the Wall Street Journal, economist and former Carter Administration official Fred Bergsten chides Congressional leaders for blocking votes on trade agreements with friendly countries like…

• By: Fran Smith
• 05/20/2008

According to their press release today, the Business Roundtable convened a policy meeting with CEOs of major companies and members of Congress to urge…

• By: Hans Bader
• 05/20/2008

A divided D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled 2-to-1 that paper money discriminates against the blind in violation of the Rehabilitation Act, in American…