City officials, developers, and corporate welfare proponents have touted the benefits of development incentives like tax-increment financing (TIF) to taxpayers […]
This series on entrepreneurship has highlighted the fact that the percentage of workers in startups is at its lowest level […]
With the World Series in full swing, I’m reminded of a quote from one of my favorite sports movies, Field […]
Yesterday I published the full list of ACA monthly insurance rates by county in Missouri, as compiled by the federal government. […]
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) passed a resolution on October 15 calling for a nationwide […]
The “recovery” of the last seven years remains the worst in postwar American history. Average gross domestic product (GDP) growth […]
On Tuesday, the American Royal Association announced that it would be moving from its longtime home in Kansas City, Missouri's […]
Earlier this week the Department of Health and Human Services released next year's Obamacare insurance exchange prices. You can find […]
Most Kansas Citians won’t recognize the name, but we owe much of the inspiration for our downtown development scheme to […]
The English language offers several beautiful idioms to describe someone unwelcome at a social gathering. The most common, “a skunk […]
What would you think if your city officials had gambled with nearly $1 billion in taxpayer dollars? What would you […]
A July piece by Steve Vockrodt for The Kansas City Star talked about the city’s efforts to study the real […]
Many Saint Louis residents are familiar with the empty promise of the NorthSide redevelopment project and how it hasn’t achieved […]
The last few months have been pretty devastating for the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." Shortly after United and Aetna […]
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In November, Jackson County voters will be asked to renew a 0.25 percent sales tax used to fund the Community […]
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Michael Austin notes that the percentage of Missouri workers employed by startups has fallen dramatically. If […]
I had a friend – a newspaper editor and publisher – who mangled many words, sometimes inventing new ones in […]
No, this isn’t about the Presidential election. It’s about the Missouri economy’s lack of economic vitality. And what I will […]
When the editorial boards of the Washington Post and the Gray Lady, as well as opinion pieces in National Review, […]
John Cochrane, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses policies to spur economic growth in this Speakers Series presentation.
