After attending an Institute for Humane Studies workshop this past summer, I established a firm economic foundation. My professor reduced […]
Accountability
The state is putting pressure on Riverview Gardens to do something about its abysmal performance, or else. If the district […]
If you want an example of the terrible effects of eminent domain, you don’t need to look any further than […]
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Seat Belts, or: The Day I Couldn’t Think of a Seat Belt Pun
St. Louis County has recently begun tightly enforcing a county ordinance allowing police to fine motorists in unincorporated areas for […]
In Awe of Freedom
One of the problems with advocating market solutions and disparaging government solutions is a complaint often uttered by free-market advocates, […]
This past Friday I attended a conference on the economics of ethanol and got insulted by one of the speakers. […]
Mr. Crosby Kemper III, co-founder and chairman of the board for the Show-Me Institute, was profiled in the Kansas City […]
Although the deadline for the Show-Me Institute’s spring internship program came and went on Friday, we’ve already agreed to accept […]
I have previously noted that eminent domain has all-too-frequently been used to uproot minority communities. A few days ago, the […]
While this story lies a bit outside of the Show-Me Institute’s jurisdiction, and while I personally do not condone such […]
Earlier today, Slate ran an article about the debates now raging over whether judicial merit selection, popularly known as “The […]
For all of you out there who watched 2 Million Minutes and concluded that the U.S. just needs to focus […]
For some reason, the federal government has been all about the free market this week. Even our very own lame […]
The title of this post comes from something I overheard another QT customer commenting to the person next to them […]
We have praised county government in St. Charles a few times here at the Show-Me Institute. The primary reason is […]
The Free Market Is My Copilot
Well, it looks like Missouri fliers are going to have to be pretty dependent on the free market to get […]
The Suburban Journals have an interesting story today about Wentzville’s contemplation of a proposal that would reduce the regulatory burden […]
The Missouri Virtual Instruction Program (MoVIP) got off to a somewhat rocky start. Eagerly sought middle school courses were missing […]
Missourinet has an interesting story about the Constitution Party in Missouri (link via Mr. Durrwachter-Combest). Because the party hit the […]
From the latest email edition of Surface Transportation Innovations, by Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation: Progress on Truck Toll […]
