The Open Market Blog

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/26/2012

OPINION BAYLEN LINNEKIN: "I Say Tomato, You Say No" "With summer now upon us, gardening season is in full swing. And that…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/22/2012

OPINION PAUL KRUGMAN: "Prisons, Privatization, Patronage" "You might be tempted to say that [the drive to privatize government functions] reflects conservative belief…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/20/2012

OPINION SCOTT TIMBERG: "Steal This Album: What Happens if No One Pays for Music?" "The dissonance here between fan and musician emerges…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/19/2012

OPINION SPENCER ACKERMAN: "NSA: It Would Violate Your Privacy to Say if We Spied on You" "The surveillance experts at the National…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/18/2012

OPINION MEGAN GARBER: "Canada Will Spy on People, Politely" "Here is a Canadian initiative: Airports and border crossings are being fitted…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/15/2012

OPINION JAMES DeLONG: "It's Not a Welfare State, It's a Special Interest State" "The problem is that the concept of 'welfare' has…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/12/2012

OPINION DEREK THOMPSON: "Are Unions Necessary?" "It hasn't been a good week for unions in America. Actually, it hasn't been a good…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/08/2012

OPINION ANDREW NAPOLITANO -"Where Is the Outrage Over the Domestic Use of Drones?" "What Jeffersonians are among us today? When drones take…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 06/07/2012

OPINION NICK GILLESPIE (Interview on NPR): "Do Plastic Bag Bans Help the Environment?" "[T]his comes down to a question of, you know,…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/31/2012

OPINION ZACH WEISSMUELLER: "Zoning vs. Eminent Domain - How Ventura County Shut Down The Pine Mountain Inn" "Tom Wolf owns the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/30/2012

OPINION MATTHEW YGLESIAS: "IP Policy Is About Consumers, Not Geek v. Artist Pissing Matches" "You can't credibly say that someone who wanted…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/29/2012

OPINION SARAH GOODYEAR: "Chicago's Ambitious Plan For Zero Traffic Fatalities" "What would happen if a United States city decided it was going…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/25/2012

OPINION NATE ANDERSON: "Senator Admits: SOPA "Really Did Pose Some Risk to the Internet" "Today, PIPA co-sponsor Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) admitted…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/23/2012

OPINION ARNOLD KLING: "Why We Need Principles-Based Regulation" "When we think of regulation, we think of specific rules that spell out the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/21/2012

OPINION GEORGE WILL: "When Government Is the Looter" "Russ Caswell, 68, is bewildered: 'What country are we in?' He and his wife,…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/18/2012

OPINION HARLAN J. PROTASS: "The Criminal Crackdown on Insider Trading Is Stupid" "Pouring money into criminal insider trading cases is a huge…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/17/2012

OPINION LEONARD KILROY and HARRIS KENNY: "States and Cities Going Private With Infrastructure Investment" "As public debts grow, cities and states simultaneously…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/16/2012

OPINION FARHAD MANJOO: "What Does Facebook’s $100 Billion IPO Mean for You?" "When Facebook filed for its initial public offering in February,…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/14/2012

OPINION LAWRENCE HUNTER: "Imagining A Cruel World Where Everyone's 'Too Something' To Fail" "Imagine a world where the rich and the poor…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/11/2012

OPINION WILL OREMUS: "Deep Space Mine" "Last month, a group of starry-eyed billionaires—including Googlers Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and director James…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/10/2012

OPINION MIKE MASNICK: "Congress: The TSA Is Wasting Hundreds of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars" "The House Oversight Committee has come out with…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/09/2012

The Cato Institute is hosting a policy discussion at noon today on “Federal Cyber-Security Regulation: Critical Safety Measure, or Privacy Nightmare?” The event features…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/09/2012

OPINION ALEX TABARROK: "The Growth of Justice" "Justice is a key ingredient for economic growth. People will not invest if they fear…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/08/2012

OPINION FUTURE TENSE: "Tumblr and Facebook Reps Discuss 'The Business of the Internet'" (VIDEO) "[Tumblr Vice President Andrew] McLaughlin (whose résumé also…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/07/2012

OPINION MICHELLE NIJHUIS: "Should Scientists Be More Forthcoming About Their Flaws?" "Scientists practice a form of 'secret anarchy,' [Michael Brooks] says, a…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/04/2012

OPINION VIRGINIA POSTREL: "Recycling Eyeglasses Is a Feel-Good Waste of Money" "Recycling old glasses makes people feel generous and thrifty. They believe…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/03/2012

OPINION WINSLOW WHEELER: "The Jet That Ate the Pentagon" "Claimed to be near invisible to radar and able to dominate any future…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 05/02/2012

OPINION ADAM COHEN: "Can Smokers Be Banned From Government Jobs?" "If you are a smoker, you may want to rethink that plan…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/30/2012

OPINION JO-ANN ARMAO: "The Big Easy's School Revolution" "Most of the buzz about the city’s reforms focuses on the banishment of organized…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/27/2012

OPINION HENRY BLODGET: "Don't Mean To Be Clueless, But Why Does The U.S. Have A Law Against Bribing Foreign Governments?" "Walmart's in…