The Open Market Blog

• By: Cord Blomquist
• 11/16/2007

The Evansville Courier brings us a story that should be disheartening to libertarians and anyone who respects the right to own private property. The…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 11/16/2007

Last week, I had the pleasure of learning about the new artistic tribute in honor of Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged on the 50th anniversary…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 11/16/2007

Former Brookes Fellow Tim Carney, in his Examiner column, explains how the estate tax provides a windfall for life insurers who help their clients…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/16/2007

There’s a new report out on the waste, fraud and abuse in government, this time focused just on the Golden State. So why California?…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 11/15/2007

Ryan Blethen of the Seattle Times editorialized last Friday against relaxing FCC restrictions on media ownership. But these obsolete regulations harm consumer choice and…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 11/15/2007

In today’s educational monopoly, it seems that even progress can have counterproductive consequences. For instance, the growth of public charter schools, which appear to deliver…