I recall several years ago when the Post-Dispatch ran a great series about abuses in fire districts around St. Louis […]
Nobel laureate James Heckman spoke to the St. Louis Federal Reserve on Monday about human capital investment. A theme of […]
CBS’s moneywatch.com site recently released an article by Mark Thoma on the independence of the Federal Reserve, and those very […]
Some legislators held a hearing the other day on the harms caused by the payday loan industry. Combest has linked […]
The Federal Reserve, like a knight in shining armor, is riding forth to protect consumers from a fearsome dragon: gift […]
For more than 20 years, charter schools have been providing parents across the nation with an alternative to the […]
Today, the Show-Me Institute released a study, written by Texas A&M University economics professors Timothy Gronberg and Dennis Jansen, reviewing […]
I agree with this quote about urban farming from an article in the Pitch: “I’m hoping for more availability and […]
In 1985, Missouri changed the way that local governments tax commercial and industrial property. Voters approved eliminating the personal property […]
A shorter version of this article first appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. Commentators in the current health care […]
The new George Clooney film, Up in the Air, premiered at the Tivoli in Saint Louis over the weekend. Many […]
On Sunday, one of my favorite economists, Greg Mankiw, used basic economic concepts to describe how the government reimbursement system […]
Some teachers who want to sell lesson plans online are running into trouble with the districts that employ them, according […]
An article in Time profiles Yinghua Academy, a Mandarin-immersion charter school in Minnesota. (And, yes, although equally innovative schools are […]
The Show-Me Institute will be hosting a blogosphere event on Nov. 21 for established bloggers, as well as new and […]
A recurring concern within our national health care debate has been about insurance, and how to make it work for […]
The Wall Street Journal reflects on Pfizer’s recent decision to leave its location in New London, Conn. I like the […]
There’s an article on the Wall Street Journal‘s website about fishing rights in New England. It’s a very interesting case. […]
There is no reason Missouri could not do just fine if we went through reassessment every three years instead of […]
Today, the Missouri Record carried my article on commercial property tax surcharges in Jackson County / Kansas City. Last week, […]
