The Open Market Blog

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

It’s been a couple of weeks since the success of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th Anniversary Dinner and Reception, and I’m happy to finally be able…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

All of the media content from the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th Anniversary Dinner and Reception last month is now available, including remarks from Master of Ceremonies Katherine Mangu-Ward,…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

We’re still thanking everyone who supported, sponsored, and attended the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th Anniversary Dinner and Reception last month. One of the superstars of the…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/24/2019

At the Competitive Enterprise Institute this week we’re still reflecting on the success of last Thursday’s 35th anniversary dinner and gala, and thanking our friends…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/21/2019

Last night was the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th anniversary dinner and gala here in Washington, D.C., and a crowd of several hundred friends and supporters…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/14/2019

Have you ever made an unreasonable gesture to a passing horse in a national park? If so, you are already a federal criminal. For the…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/12/2019

There is good news for young entrepreneurs coming out of the Lone Star State, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) recently signed a bill allowing…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/06/2019

An Axios article today examines for-profit companies taking public positions on controversial political issues, carrying the headline “When companies act like governments.” Reporter Erica Pandey…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/04/2019

June is Pride Month, when gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and other not-straight people celebrate with a variety of events, including activism, parades, and concerts. As…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/31/2019

Our friends at the Atlas Network have an excellent new video out about legal reform in India that is helping small businesspeople stand up to…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/30/2019

The main impression I’ve gotten from much recent reporting on the ethical behavior and social responsibility of business is that its value depends greatly on…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/24/2019

Recently I was in the audience for an interesting panel discussion, hosted by the Federalist Society, on corporate social responsibility. Should corporate managers only work…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/22/2019

I recently reviewed the book “Alienated America” by Washington Examiner editor Timothy Carney, and I’d like to return to one of the observations he made…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/20/2019

I wrote up some initial impressions about the new book on business ethics, “Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society,”…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/17/2019

Congratulations to mobile food vendors Benny Diaz and Brian Peffer—and their attorneys at the Institute for Justice—for scoring a victory for freedom of food commerce…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/10/2019

Earlier this week I had the good fortune to spend some time at the historic Mayflower hotel here in Washington, D.C. attending the Federalist Society’s 7th…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/25/2019

The New Civil Liberties Alliance hosted a very interesting event this week, as part of its “Lunch and Law” speaker series, featuring remarks by Hudson…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/22/2019

I’ve been reading a new book on business ethics, “Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society,” and it has some…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/19/2019

It’s an old argument: as population increases and we use up more of the earth’s natural resources, everything is become more scarce. Soon the pressures…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/12/2019

At a time when big tech companies are being attacked over bigness, privacy, elections, and the ordering of their news feeds, the Charles Koch Institute…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/05/2019

Tim Carney’s new book on social alienation and U.S. politics, “Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse,” raises the bar for Trump-era political…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/29/2019

Our friends at the Foundation for Economic Education have a new video that gives a great short introduction to entrepreneuship, and what businesspeople actually do…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/22/2019

At a time when socialism seems determined to crawl back from the dustbin of history, it can be a challenge defending the moral legitimacy—and humanity—of…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/13/2019

With major political figures proposing the forced breakup of some of the nation’s most successful companies, the once-arcane field of antitrust law is now at…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/08/2019

Given that it is International Women’s Day and almost CEI’s 35th anniversary, today is an excellent day to celebrate the impressive legacy of economist (and…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/01/2019

Our friends at the Federalist Society are back with a new video on the gig economy, “Here to Stay: The Modern World of Hospitality,” examining…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/15/2019

Our old friend (and former CEI Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow) Tim Carney has a new book out, “Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/13/2019

It seems like an odd coincidence that legendary American political cult figure Lyndon LaRouche would pass away the same week that the Green New Deal…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/01/2019

Our friends at the American Enterprise Institute have a great video series in which they explain important issues, each in only 60 seconds. A very-short format like this…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/11/2019

Our friends at the Federalist Society have released a fun and informative new short film on the history of beer and alcohol regulation. …

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/08/2019

Economist Harold Demsetz, a Chicago school theorist who was one of the pioneers of the approach now called New Institutional Economics, had died. The former…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/08/2019

After a contentious election season, we look forward to the nation’s elected representatives rolling up their sleeves and getting to work. Divided party control in…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/04/2019

Our friends at Reason have been following a fascinating story unfolding in New York City, in which a business owner is trying to fend off what many people would…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/06/2018

This week marks the 85th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, and we still have a lot to learn from that dismal experiment in government overreach.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/30/2018

While the political headlines this week are dominated by a public feud between the Secretary of the Interior and the likely incoming chairman of the…

Business and Government