The Open Market Blog

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/10/2007

A new report by the International Trade & Agriculture Policy Council (IPC) examines the “early lessons” from U.S. and EU biofuels policy. The report’s…

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/09/2007

For decades, the “rack” (wholesale) price of ethanol was higher than that of regular unleaded gasoline. This was the case even during late 2005,…

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/05/2007

Today’s New York Times, noting that crude oil recently hit $83.32 a barrel on Sept. 20 and stayed above $80 a barrel for the next…

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/05/2007

Last week (September 28), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) caused quite a stir by proposing global warming legislation that would directly…

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 09/26/2007

Trade—voluntary exchange—is the essence of economic activity. Trade leads to specialization, which increases productivity. As trade expands so does the arena of economic competition, which…