The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/05/2012

The good folks at the London-based Institute for Economic Affairs have just released an excellent book by Eammon Butler, Public Choice: A Primer.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/02/2012

A group of parents in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood want to ban ice cream vendors from parks. One parent wrote, “I should not have to…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/02/2012

2,191 new pages were added to the 2012 Federal Register last week, for a total of 19,487 pages. At this pace, the 2012 Federal Register…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/29/2012

First, a TSA manager at Dulles airport has been arrested for running a prostitution ring. Second, two Miami TSA employees were arrested for trashing a…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/29/2012

Immigration Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh talks about the reasons behind the major historical shifts, and suggests reforms that would make today's immigration system fairer and…

Immigration

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/27/2012

A group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs has found a peaceful use for unmanned attack drones that almost everyone can support: delivering food to hungry people.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/26/2012

The reason it cost $400 was not because of restaurant business practices but because of television labor practices.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/26/2012

75 new final rules were published last week, up from 72 the previous week. That’s the equivalent of a new regulation every 2 hours and…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/20/2012

Steven Pogue, 64, was cited by police for flipping the bird while driving in Ballwin, Missouri. He was exonerated on free speech grounds, and the…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/19/2012

Falciano del Massico, a small town in Italy, has banned its 4,000 residents from dying because the local cemetery is completely full.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/19/2012

The Defense Department is still implementing parts of the Privacy Act of 1974, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/14/2012

There are more regulatory reform ideas out there than you can shake a stick at. Some, of course, are better than others.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/13/2012

A new IRS proposal to require licensing all tax preparers would put a lot of people out of work. So the Institute for Justice is…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/12/2012

64 new final rules were published last week, down from 89 the previous week.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/08/2012

A new IRS regulation hits the trifecta of enriching foreign dictators, helping them crush dissent, and would raise no revenue for the U.S. government. Vice…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/06/2012

In a recent blog post, I describe the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) Beef Promotion and Research "checkoff" program as corporate welfare. The agency’s Public…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/05/2012

Just another week in the world of regulation:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/01/2012

Land-Use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner explains why almost nobody is happy with how this year's highway bill is turning out.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/24/2012

It may have been a short work week, but it was still a busy one in the world of regulation. Here are the highlights:…

Regulatory Reform