The Open Market Blog

• By: Fran Smith
• 07/22/2008

The Financial Times has terrific reviews of opera — witty, trenchant, and caustic when reviewing some of the avant-garde European productions.

• By: Fran Smith
• 07/16/2008

In a posting on Discover Magazine’s blog today, it was reported that this summer the largest “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico…

• By: Fran Smith
• 07/16/2008

Another nail in the coffin for biofuels and government support. A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) released…

• By: Fran Smith
• 07/15/2008

Lots of good material in the World Trade Organization’s annual World Trade Report 2008. Released today, the report, “Trade in a Globalizing World,”…

• By: Fran Smith
• 07/09/2008

Well, it’s about time. According to Reuters, the progressive Democratic Leadership Council today called upon the next president to focus on the multilateral trading…

• By: Fran Smith
• 07/03/2008

The Financial Times noted today that the OECD’s recently released report on employment prospects in the developed world showed an uptick in unemployment…