The Open Market Blog

• By: CEI Staff
• 07/23/2015

New York’s vote to implement a $15 per hour minimum wage isn’t as much a victory for the “99 percent” as Governor Cuomo’s panel…

• By: William Yeatman
• 07/22/2015

Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee set to work doing markup on a yet-to-be-named energy bill. CEI’s William Yeatman breaks down the good,…

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 07/22/2015

The federal government’s only report that discloses overall costs and benefits of federal regulations is overdue. This is 2015, and it’s almost August. Where is…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 07/22/2015

If you regularly buy contact lenses in the United States, you might have noticed that the price of your preferred contacts is the same wherever…

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/21/2015

On July 21, 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill. Today, that bill turns five. It is not a happy anniversary. As CEI’s John…

• By: Iain Murray
• 07/21/2015

Today is the fifth anniversary of the passage of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, better known as Dodd-Frank. As the Mercatus Center…