On Jan. 20, 2006, the Show-Me Institute sponsored this presentation by Lawrence Reed, then the president of the Mackinac Center […]
Dr. Arthur Laffer discusses his essay “The Missouri Compromise,” which examines the effects of a state income tax on various […]
Gov. Nixon’s Sky-High Travel Expenditures
While Missouri faces a $500 million budget deficit, Gov. Jay Nixon has increased his frequent flights around the state, hiding […]
Show-Me Institute Free-Market Field Trip No. 3: Ticket Scalping
In this video, Show-Me Institute staff and interns illustrate a functioning market by scalping St. Louis Cardinals tickets at […]
In this video, policy analyst David Stokes, accompanied by two research assistants, endeavors to get to the heart of the […]
Needed: An Alfred Kahn for Health Care Reform
In the annals of progressive thought, there was a fleeting moment when Ted Kennedy, Ralph Nader, and other left-wing icons […]
Worth the Cost? A New View of Ballpark Village
This week, the long-stalled Ballpark Village came back from the dead, one decade after it was first announced. The new […]
DED Awards $8 Million in Tax Credits to Developer Ruled Ineligible by Courts
In 2010, it appeared that the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) could sink no further. After all, the agency […]
Next week is National School Choice Week, when groups around the country will hold events in support of school choice. […]
How many more stories like this will we hear? The founder of Jimmy John’s sandwich shops has stated he plans […]
I recently heard a legislator discuss potential budget savings that Missouri could see with cuts to its corrections system. To […]
Florida Deadline Comes and Goes; Missouri’s Attorney General Is Not Yet On Board
Not only have a majority of Missouri voters signaled that they’re against the health care law, lawmakers in Jeff City […]
Some aldermen in Chicago are objecting to the bids coming in to operate the city’s famous “Taste of Chicago” event. […]
The deadline to apply to be a Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow — a program that includes two weeks of […]
Missouri House Passed Resolution Encouraging Koster to Join Lawsuit
Yesterday, with a vote of 115-46, the Missouri House passed a resolution encouraging Missouri to join the multistate lawsuit in […]
I am writing this post from India, where I have been vacationing the past few weeks. One of the most […]
Here is a fantastic video made by the students of Young Americans for Liberty at the University of Virginia (full […]
I want to direct our readers to an amusing post on Missourinet by Bob Priddy about the positive consequences of […]
Missouri’s Attorney General Should Join Health Care Reform Lawsuit
When Missourians passed Proposition C last August with more than 71 percent of the vote, they signaled opposition to the […]
A newly released report evaluating the impact of Milwaukee’s voucher program (Milwaukee Parental Choice Program) provides evidence that the program […]
