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Reason
June 2008
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Olympic Gag Order Many countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia, have promised not to restrict their athletes' political speech about China in the run-up to the games. Britain promises to "review" the U.K.'s policy, so the Brits may yet fall in line with their Anglosphere cousins.   |
Reason
June 2008
Michael C. Moynihan |
Kill Joy A recently published working paper finds that successful assassinations of autocrats produce sustained moves toward democracy in that country. |
Reason
June 2008
Chris Bray |
When Washington Pleads Weakness Why the U.S. won't crack down on reckless military contractors. |
The Motley Fool
May 29, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Jakarta, We Hardly Knew Ye Before long, you may not be able to tell the cast of characters in OPEC without a playbill. Angola and Ecuador having recently joined, and Indonesia is now exiting. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Mad Max, OPEC, Lawyers, and Politicians The House votes to authorize lawsuits against OPEC over alleged price manipulation. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Who Owns the Moon? The Case for Lunar Property Rights Can astronauts claim the moon for king and country, as in the Age of Discovery? Are corporations allowed to expropriate its natural resources, and individuals to own its real estate? |
Global Services
May 5, 2008
William B. Bierce |
The U.S. Presidential Race: Impact on Global Services-I Global enterprises will face new legal and regulatory trade and outsourcing policies, depending on whether Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or John McCain wins the U.S. Presidential election in Nov. '08. |
Reason
May 2008
David Weigel |
Free Market Clintonism, RIP The distance Hillary Clinton has traveled from free trade to protectionism is shocking; she now rails openly against a North American Free Trade Agreement, one of her husband's most famous economic initiatives. |
Reason
May 2008
Brian Doherty |
Artifact: Castro Shrugged The Bush administration's reluctance to change its ill-conceived embargo against Cuba, even post-Fidel, shows that Castro isn't alone in misunderstanding "the essence of this new world" or the role of relatively unrestricted international trade in spreading wealth and liberty. |
Reason
April 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Pirate Island The WTO rules in Antigua's favor, claiming that the U.S. did discriminate against foreign-based online gambling websites, but awards the island nation much less than they were hoping for. |
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