The Open Market Blog

• By: Fran Smith
• 10/27/2006

Vietnam passed a final hurdle in its quest for membership in the World Trade Organization. According to the WTO, the “finishing touches to Vietnam’s…

• By: John Berlau
• 10/27/2006

Republicans have long been accused of being the party of Wall Street, a campaign charge that’s again being leveled in this election. But on the…

• By: Fran Smith
• 10/26/2006

President Bush just signed a bill to build a 700-mile fence on the 2000-mile U.S.border with Mexico to keep illegal immigrants out. Wow, that’s…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/26/2006

If, as Saul Alinsky, said, “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon,” then it’s effective against even hiding foes, like Iraq’s violent insurgents—and especially when the…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/24/2006

Clods’ Letters to Mad, a compendium of the most unintentionally funny letters received by Mad magazine during the 1970s, gives a great—albeit fictional—example of the…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/23/2006

“Socialismo o muerte” (“socialism or death”) may be the choice that Fidel Castro has imposed upon Cuba’s population for decades, but many Cubans are responding,…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/23/2006

More fun news from CNS today: the history of Ted Kennedy’s secret plan to conspire with the Soviets to derail Reagan’s reelection in 1984!…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/23/2006

Ever feel like you’re aiding the oppression of workers every time you order a mocha latte at Starbucks? According to the Industrial Workers of…

• By: John Berlau
• 10/23/2006

CEI has nothing against tattoos. Some of our staffers proudly sport them. And we generally have a live-and-let-live, libertarian philosophy. But now, in a twist,…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/20/2006

Cato’s Will Wilkinson has an interesting, if slightly econ-jargon filled, article in Policy magazine on egalitarianism, class resentment and “zero-sum positional conflicts.” Published…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/20/2006

Well, they’ve gone and done it again. Wal-Mart, that is. Even with all kinds of labor and activist pressure on them to change their ways,…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/20/2006

Ralph Harris, guiding light of the UK’s Institute for Economic Affairs, has passed away. The Times has an extensive obituary: For three decades…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/20/2006

The magazines Black Enterprise, African American Golfer’s Digest and Divas On-The-Go are hosting the African-American Empowerment Weekend here in Washington this week. We’ve talked…