The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/06/2012

Businesses, especially larger ones, aren’t afraid of regulation. They often welcome it. They can use rules to stifle competitors, or can pad their profits by…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/30/2011

Out-of-towners are not allowed to go sledding in Beaver Borough, Pennsylvania.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/29/2011

Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews talks about why 2011 was a record year for both new regulations and their cost, and his ongoing "Ten…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/23/2011

It isn’t often that one sees Nobel-winning economist Ronald Coase’s name and pig farts in the same sentence. Thanks to a recent court decision in…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/22/2011

Just in time for the holiday travel season, Vanity Fair’s Charles C. Mann took a trip through airport security with security expert Bruce Schneier.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/15/2011

Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner looks at House Republicans' "drilling for roads" proposal and finds it wanting.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/12/2011

The TSA has allegedly strip-searched an elderly woman for wearing a back brace. They wrongly suspected it was a money belt. This search was security-unrelated;…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/09/2011

Boy, 7, kicks bully in the groin, school officials threaten sexual harassment charges, plus more.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/08/2011

Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews talks about the impact REINS could have on increasing transparency and accountability. He also offers up a few more…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/30/2011

Last year, about 138,000 horses were taken to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico, defeating the very purpose of the ban. Recognizing its failure, the ban…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/28/2011

Quebec officials are starting to listen in on what children are talking about on school playgrounds during recess to make sure they are speaking French.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/23/2011

Millions of Americans are taking to the skies to spend time with their families over Thanksgiving. Many of them will be carrying leftovers on their…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/23/2011

What is the single most expensive regulation of all time? Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman has one candidate: the EPA’s proposal to regulate mercury emissions…

Consumer Well-Being

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/18/2011

In a ruling so dumb that only a panel of intellectuals could have written it, the EU has decided that companies may not claim…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/17/2011

CEI Founder and President Fred Smith talks about why restricting conflict mineral trade can mean more violence, not less. He also discusses why the Gibson…

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/16/2011

Over at The American Spectator, I break down the debate over regulation's impact on the job market and propose one regulation that could create countless…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/10/2011

The next time someone complains about America's unregulated cowboy capitalism, you should ask them where such a thing might actually be found.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/09/2011

For some time now, the IRS has been flirting with what's called a return-free system. It's being touted as a time-saver. But it would also…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/04/2011

If you're in Helena, Montana, never tie a horse to a fire hydrant. It's against the law. Plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/03/2011

Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini debunks scare stories that chemicals in makeup and other household products cause cancer, neurological disorders, birth defects, and other health problems.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/31/2011

Over at RealClearMarkets, my colleague Wayne Crews and I argue that the law of demand holds. Hard to believe that's actually controversial, but that's Washington…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/28/2011

Yet another batch of regulatory bloopers: Motorists entering Tacoma, Washington, with criminal intent are required to telephone the chief of police. It is illegal to…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/27/2011

Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh debunks a flawed study that exaggerates the costs of undocumented immigration.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/25/2011

The people of Illinois don’t expect their government to be corrupt; they insist on it. That’s why nary an eyebrow was raised when it recently…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/24/2011

Art Carden has an excellent column about immigration, and not just because the first third is about The Simpsons.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/21/2011

It is illegal to slurp your soup in New Jersey restaurants, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/20/2011

CEI Adjunct Fellow Fran Smith, coauthor of the new CEI study "Free Trade without Apology," talks about the recently passed free trade agreements with Colombia,…

Trade and International