Many problems in public policy are government-created, and the best solution is not more government. Unfortunately and predictably, solutions involving […]
There has been some great talk in the blogosphere about occupational licensing over the past week. Matthew Yglesias began the […]
Are people inherently born with the right to an important and well-paying job? How about a decent house? The author […]
According to the Saint Louis Business Journal, the Illinois state government pledged a $2.3 million business investment package to help […]
Last Friday, I travelled to the 108th Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, for my shift at the Show-Me Institute’s booth, fully prepared […]
I just want to remind everyone that today, at 6:00 p.m., the Show-Me Institute will be hosting a panel discussion […]
As the end of the year draws nearer, the expiration of tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 also begins […]
The St. Louis Business Journal wrote a delightful editorial about the state and federal subsidization of broadband access for rural […]
While representing the Show-Me Institute at the Missouri State Fair, I took some time to wander around the Missouri Department […]
The Columbia Missourian ran a story earlier this week about allegations of police abuse at a convenience store last fall: […]
I am writing from the Missouri State Fair on my second and final day of representing the Show-Me Institute here. […]
Missouri’s Department of Health and Human Services has estimated that more than one in five Missourians is obese, and that […]
In the short run, government has three ways to react to a budget deficit: raise taxes, borrow money, or reduce […]
SEDALIA — I am writing this from the Show-Me Institute booth at the Missouri State Fair! We are talking about […]
I enthusiastically encourage you to read this op-ed in the Kansas City Star about school reform options and challenges in […]
At around 5:05 this afternoon, I will be on the Mike Ferguson show on 93.9 FM The Eagle in Columbia, […]
Last month, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a St. Louis man cannot be compelled to purchase trash hauling […]
Last Wednesday, Show-Me Institute staff and interns ventured on our third free-market field trip. We went to Busch stadium to […]
While looking for some academic papers on Google Scholar, I took a moment, as an afterthought, to see whether the […]
Hiking tax rates on cigarettes and alcohol would negatively affect businesses in Missouri, so the fact that the editorial board […]
