The Open Market Blog

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/04/2006

Shakespeare in Love star Gywneth Paltrow has decided that dinner party chatter is much more entertaining in her adopted England than in the redneck-infested…

• By: Fran Smith
• 12/04/2006

It’s not often that one can claim she invented something more than a half-century ago that now in making it big in the retail sector.

• By: Fran Smith
• 12/04/2006

The New York Times yesterday told how the specialty crop producers — those farmers who grow fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other non-commodity crops —…

• By: Fran Smith
• 12/01/2006

Presidential-hopeful Governor Mitt Romney just named his top economic advisors for his campaign: Glenn Hubbard, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors; Greg…

• By: Fran Smith
• 12/01/2006

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office sent to the Congressional leadership on November 17, 2006, outlines some key areas where the…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/30/2006

Quick quiz: what political types are more likely to donate to charity – lefty liberals or crochety conservatives? The Chronicle of Philanthropy has an…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/28/2006

Today, both the U.S. Treasury Secretary and the U.S. Trade Representative vowed that the Bush Administration would push hard on global and regional trade agreements…

• By: Iain Murray
• 11/28/2006

The current direction of the Conservative Party leadership in the UK could serve as a case study of how not to implement value-based communication (VBC). …

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 11/28/2006

The European Union claims that unsolicited email –spam– accounts for between 50 and 80 percent of all Internet traffic. But that can’t be true,…

• By: Iain Murray
• 11/28/2006

Idea Channel TV has the classic 1980 Milton Friedman series Free to Choose streaming on your desktop. One can only…