The Open Market Blog

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/25/2007

California wildfires have driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, caused death and destruction, and consumed more than 700 square miles of land.

• By: Fran Smith
• 10/25/2007

Cato’s Center for Trade Policy Studies has just released a study by Dan Griswold showing that increased trade is not responsible for a lower…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/25/2007

The new SCHIP bill set for a vote today, attempts to woo Republicans by prohibiting illegal immigrants from enrolling in the program. These changes don’t…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/24/2007

• By: Fran Smith
• 10/24/2007

The Wall Street Journal today carries an opinion piece by Stephen J. Rose (subscription required), a labor economist with the Progressive Policy Institute, titled…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/24/2007

The European Commission is taking Finland to court to try to force it to ban the sale of snus, a form of smokeless tobacco.

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/24/2007

MSN says that Merrill Lynch wrote down the value of its mortgage holdings by nearly $8 billion just in the past quarter, producing a…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 10/24/2007

Comcast is under fire again, this time for spoofing network packets to stop its users from uploading using peer-to-peer software. The technology Comcast…

• By: John Berlau
• 10/24/2007

Hans, excellent points about the folly of a government-organized bailout. Indeed the Dow had gone back to 14,000 the week before Paulson opened his…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/24/2007

I am sick and tired of waiting for my morning cup of coffee. At the joint I go to (which shall remain nameless) I can…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/24/2007

A New York Times article today poses the question of whether or not regulatory oversight has been too lax on the meat packaging industry.

• By: William Yeatman
• 10/24/2007

The developed world’s seemingly unquenchable thirst for miracle fuels made from food is pushing Russia further towards authoritarianism. The Financial Times today reports that…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/23/2007

The bloated farm bill making its way through the new Congress is not only a budget-buster. It is chock full of corporate welfare…

• By: Fran Smith
• 10/23/2007

Don Boudreaux over at CafeHayek is outraged at an off-the-wall, gratuitous attack on Norman Borlaug in Alexander Cockburn’s latest diatribe appearing in the…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/23/2007

London Times columnist Sarah Baxter offers an amusing anecdote that illustrates what happens when two incompatible, yet equally illiberal, ideologies collide. A glorious…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/23/2007

My article on organized labor’s response to the rise of private equity is now online at TCSDaily.  Private equity presents a unique challenge for…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/23/2007

300,000 people have fled their homes in California owing to out-of-control fires that have consumed more than 384 square miles of land. Those fires…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/23/2007

The use of torture overseas in enemy interrogations has attracted considerable opposition, for good reason. Military interrogators have recently criticized the practice, saying it is…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 10/23/2007

To the surprise of nobody, CBS canceled the bizarre murder mystery/musical/comedy Viva Laughlin after dismal ratings this past Sunday. Yes, the show was…

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 10/23/2007

Alan Weisman, author of World Without Us describes what would happen to the planet if we weren’t on it in this interview. I would…

• By: Alex Nowrasteh
• 10/22/2007

It’s always humorous to read stories of outrage during periods of rationing. The same people outraged by the water shortage in the Southeast don’t…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 10/22/2007

Facebook has “voluntarily” agreed to warn users about explicit images and redouble its efforts to combat obscenity as part of a settlement with…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/22/2007

The U.S. government is urging Turkey not to invade the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq after Turkish Kurdish separatists based on northern Iraq killed…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/22/2007

MSN and The Economist point out the deep flaws of the bail-out fund backed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that would try to…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/22/2007

• 10/22/2007

Here’s further proof that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and their collectives are clueless. Embroiled in a silly debate over what species residing…

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 10/22/2007

An engaging oped in yesterday’s Washington Post Outlook section is entitled “I Just Couldn’t Sacrifice My Son.” It’s about the state of public schooling…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 10/19/2007

You know things are bad when elected officials find it perfectly acceptable to call millions of Americans — including some of their own constituents —…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/19/2007

Normally I’m a fan of celebrity chef Mario Batali. His appearances on Iron Chef America are always entertaining, and he’s got a great sense…

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/19/2007

In this post, I comment on Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dinneen's opening statement, “America's Energy Future Is at a Crossroads,” at this week's “Cellulosic…