The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/26/2011

Winston Churchill observed that "Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing...after they have exhausted all other possibilities." We may finally be…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/25/2011

In Cordova, Alabama single-wide trailer homes are illegal. After years of lax enforcement, regulators are cracking down after tornadoes left many residents homeless.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/23/2011

In North Carolina, it is illegal to cook a burger to an internal temperature under 155 degrees.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/19/2011

TSA officials recently performed a bomb drill at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and didn't tell anyone about it in advance.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/19/2011

The good folks at Reason.tv have released an educational music video about the TSA featuring singer-songwriter-comedian Remy. Worth watching.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/12/2011

If you live in Texas, look over your shoulder before you tell a tall tale about your last fishing trip.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/12/2011

The USDA is spending $2 million to take pictures of what San Antonio school children eat for lunch.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/12/2011

Surprisingly, no explosives were found during extra screening, including what a TSA official describes as a "modified pat-down" of the suspicious infant.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/11/2011

San Francisco is phasing out the distribution of hard-copy Yellow Pages.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/10/2011

Congress might as well pass a law guaranteeing an above-average lifestyle for all Americans.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/06/2011

NBC Miami's Brian Hamacher with the second-best lede I've read this week: "Floridians are going to have to start pulling up their pants and stop…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/06/2011

A new study says that high-salt diets may not be as harmful as once thought. Research Associate Daniel Compton takes a look.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/05/2011

This blog will be paying close attention to the heated legislative battle in Madison to give the delicious cream puff its due.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/04/2011

Over at the Daily Caller, I look at employment data and find out that the labor force has grown by 23 million people since NAFTA…

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/03/2011

Regulatory reform is at least as important as spending, taxes, and deficits, but it doesn’t get nearly as much attention. That’s why we are pleased…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/03/2011

Kinder eggs are a type of candy that enjoys worldwide popularity. They are also illegal in the United States.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/02/2011

A British man was arrested for singing the 1970s hit “Kung-Fu Fighting”.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/29/2011

In Hopewell Township, New Jersey, chickens are only allowed to mate on 10 pre-selected days per year.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/28/2011

Land Use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner looks at China's experience with high-speed rail, and finds that it may not be a very good…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/28/2011

Over the last five years, the DC Metro has spent $2.4 million on back pay... for work that was never performed.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/28/2011

In today's Investor's Business Daily, Wayne Crews and I argue that reformers shouldn't forget about regulation:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/25/2011

Wayne Crews and I have a piece in today's Sacramento Bee summarizing the main findings of Wayne's "Ten Thousand Commandments" study.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/21/2011

Carrie Lukas, Managing Director of the Independent Women's Forum, argues that the pay gap between men and women isn't due to discrimination.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/19/2011

Workforce Central Florida, a government agency, is spending $73,000 to give away 6,000 capes and some cardboard cutouts.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/19/2011

Air traffic control is simply too important an issue to leave to the free market. It is time to put the government in charge of…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/18/2011

The 2011 edition of Wayne Crews’ “Ten Thousand Commandments” was released today. The annual study gives a big-picture view of the regulatory state. You can…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/13/2011

Sometimes people wonder why I favor abolishing the TSA outright. Here's one reason.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/05/2011

Russ Brown, a vice president at the Labor Relations Institute and a CEI Adjunct Analyst, talks about recent changes made to the Railway Labor Act…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/29/2011

One wonders just how many regulations this rogue basketball hoop violated in the 60 years it spent terrorizing an unsuspecting Delaware neighborhood.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/17/2011

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko discusses his recent trip to Kenya where he met with members of Parliament and other officials about the best way…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/17/2011

Text messages cost 20 cents to send, even though they use a fraction of a penny of bandwidth. What gives? Antitrust authorities want to know.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/15/2011

Nevada's legislature is considering restricting or banning pesticides, potpourri, air fresheners, candles, and pretty much anything with a scent in public places.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/14/2011

Portland, Oregon is banning city government employees from wearing perfume or cologne at work.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/11/2011

Tragedy struck Japan this morning. It will be some time before we know just how many lives the tsunami took, and how much damage was…

Trade and International