The Open Market Blog

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/09/2007

In American Council of the Blind v. Paulson, a trial judge declared that American paper money discriminates against the blind because it lacks features…

• By: Sam Kazman
• 11/08/2007

California this week sued EPA for failing to grant it a waiver, under the Clean Air Act, that would allow the state to impose…

• By: Lene Johansen
• 11/08/2007

This study shows an increase in pedestrian deaths in afternoon rush hour traffic in November every year and the researchers are pinning it on the…

• By: Lene Johansen
• 11/08/2007

Politics is a dirty business anywhere, but this story shows how dirty it is, and how cheap you can buy a vote in the…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/08/2007

This Bloomberg article notes that banks and other lenders who pushed for reform of the consumer bankruptcy system are now stuck with some unintended…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/08/2007

Today the House of Representatives voted 285-132 to approve the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement. The Senate now has to consider legislation implementing the agreement.