The Open Market Blog

• By: John Berlau
• 11/06/2006

One of this election’s “October Surprises” may have come on Nov. 1, when Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senator from New York and chairman of the Democratic…

• 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: 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: John Berlau
• 10/12/2006

There’s a saying that the most revealing part of Academy Awards speeches is who isn’t thanked. There is often a similar truism about…

• By: John Berlau
• 09/25/2006

An op-ed I wrote for last Sunday’s Washington Times talked about the battle over the interchange fees that banks and credit card companies charge to retailers. The…