The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/02/2013

A new study by Warren Brookes Fellow Matthew Melchiorre finds that only 4 European countries out of 27 have actually cut taxes and spending.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/01/2013

80 new regulations, from school lunches to the legal definition of “ski area.”…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/26/2013

Fellow in Land-use and Transportation Studies Marc Scribner discusses the TSA's lack of transparency and the scanners' ineffectiveness in deterring terrorism.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/24/2013

96 new regulations, from fireworks shows near water to handling FOIA requests.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/17/2013

93 new regulations, from tanning taxes to wine labels.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/10/2013

72 new regulations, from federal pecan insurance to avoiding collisions at sea.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/07/2013

June 7 is National Donut Day. General Counsel Sam Kazman is urging Americans to eat not one but two donuts—one for themselves, and one for…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/06/2013

Fellow in Land-use and Transportation Studies Marc Scribner discusses a new CEI study arguing that regulations make passenger train cars unnecessarily expensive.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/05/2013

Over at The American Spectator, Wayne Crews and I marvel at how much the regulatory state has grown over the last twenty years. We also…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/03/2013

George Will's latest column highlights the main findings of Ten Thousand Commandments.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/03/2013

61 new regulations, from Cotton taxes to endangered Hawaiian plants.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/30/2013

The Food and Drug Administration recently announced plans to investigate, and possibly regulate, caffeine consumption. Fellow in Consumer Policy Studies Michelle Minton prefers separation of…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/30/2013

In today’s Investor’s Business Daily, Wayne Crews and I make the case that one of the biggest obstacles to regulatory reform is a lack of…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/28/2013

The cost of government is far more than it taxes and spends. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s editorial board agrees, as they opined yesterday:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/28/2013

68 new regulations, from Potato Administrative Committees to Segelflugzeugbau sailplanes.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/23/2013

I recently posted that new EU regulations would require restaurants to use factory packaged and sealed bottles of olive oil. This would put small…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/22/2013

The twentieth anniversary edition of Ten Thousand Commandments was released this week. Author Wayne Crews discusses the study, and how regulation has evolved over the…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/21/2013

Over at the Daily Caller, Wayne and I briefly summarize of few of the report’s findings.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/20/2013

Starting January 1, 2014, any olive oil served at EU restaurants “must be in pre-packaged, factory bottles with a tamper-proof dispensing nozzle and labelling in…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/20/2013

The Wall Street Journal editorial board weighed in this morning on the issue of regulation, citing a few numbers from the forthcoming 20th anniversary edition…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/20/2013

This week in the world of regulation: Last week, 71 new final regulations were published in the Federal Register. This is up from 64 new final…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/17/2013

Height limits for flying witches on broomsticks, mandatory street musician auditions, and more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/15/2013

The state of Indiana regulates the temperature at which convenience stores may sell beer. Specifically, they must sell it at room temperature. Cold beer is…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/13/2013

64 new regulations, from drawbridge schedules to official seals.

Regulatory Reform