The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/17/2011

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko discusses his recent trip to Kenya where he met with members of Parliament and other officials about the best way…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/17/2011

Text messages cost 20 cents to send, even though they use a fraction of a penny of bandwidth. What gives? Antitrust authorities want to know.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/15/2011

Nevada's legislature is considering restricting or banning pesticides, potpourri, air fresheners, candles, and pretty much anything with a scent in public places.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/14/2011

Portland, Oregon is banning city government employees from wearing perfume or cologne at work.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/11/2011

Tragedy struck Japan this morning. It will be some time before we know just how many lives the tsunami took, and how much damage was…

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/10/2011

Andy Greenberg reports that the TSA would like to expand its scanning operations to pedestrians and train passengers.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/08/2011

This year’s budget battle is especially heated. Democrats want the federal budget to be $3.7 trillion. Republicans want it to be $3.6 trillion. Both sides…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/07/2011

Politicians love small businesses. Almost every campaign stump speech gushes about how important they are for the economy. Never afraid to put our money where…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/24/2011

Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray discusses the labor reforms that have led a thousands-strong protest in Madison, Wisconsin.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/18/2011

Protests in Wisconsin over public sector compensation cuts have been the big story this week. Over at the Daily Caller, I explain why some of…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/18/2011

My colleague Alex Nowrasteh has an op-ed in Investor's Business Daily where he makes the case for liberalizing the H1-B visa for skilled immigrants.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/14/2011

It is against the law to sing in public in Anderson, South Carolina. But the ban could be lifted as soon as today.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/09/2011

Congress never actually votes on most regulations. As Wayne Crews and I explain in today's Investor's Business Daily, this is regulation without representation.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/08/2011

If Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett gets his way, panhandlers will need a government permit to ask people for money if they’re near a road.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/04/2011

Maine state representative Sheryl Briggs would like to end her state’s switchblade ban – but only for people with one arm.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/31/2011

The southeast African country of Malawi is about to make farting illegal. The government there is trying to “mould responsible and disciplined citizens.”…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/28/2011

Three states are proposing to make it illegal to listen to your iPod while crossing the street. Legislators in California, New York, and Oregon are…

Consumer Freedom