There are numerous flaws in the ongoing subsidy-driven economic development strategy employed in Missouri. In this post, I want to […]
A SCOTUS Victory for Private School Choice
Once again, the Supreme Court of the United States has upheld a parent’s right to choose a religious private school, […]
Anyone familiar with Missouri weather knows that regardless of the day’s forecast, you should probably still be prepared in case […]
As Kansas City’s Streetcar Expands, Its Buses Suffer
On Wednesday morning, The Kansas City Star published a detailed report on the city’s suffering bus system. Riders complain about […]
When I started the Show-Me Curricula Project, I had no illusion that schools and districts would happily provide their teaching […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a piece on Tuesday morning titled “With scooters gone, St. Louis police say weekend was […]
The Springfield City Council just repeated an all-too-common Missouri mistake. The council passed a bill creating a new community improvement […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. In 1977, the Chicago Sun Times newspaper bought […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, and part four in this series here.) How affordable is housing in Kansas […]
Dr. Susan Pendergrass speaks with the Director of the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and Professor of Economics in Plaster […]
Susan Pendergrass is joined by David Stokes and Patrick Tuohey. Patrick Tuohey is co-founder and policy director of the Better […]
Financial Data on Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities
The Tax Burden in Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities report that I published earlier this year displays financial information from Missouri’s […]
(You can read part one, part two, and part three in this series here.) In the previous blog post in […]
(You can read part one and part two of this series here.) One of the primary problems in the affordable […]
I support the privatization of many government services; I wrote an entire paper on it. I know you’ve all read […]
(You can read part one in this series here.) It is often taken as gospel by some local (and many […]
Kansas City has long been the crossroads of the United States. Once a frontier outpost in the 1800s, the region […]
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Stitcher Listen on SoundCloud Neal McCluskey is the director of Cato’s Center for Educational […]
On Tuesday, May 24, Senator Andrew Koenig and Representative Donna Baringer joined us to discuss the 2022 legislative session.
According to the Post-Dispatch, a New Jersey developer—Aptitude Development—will make a $250,000 donation to affordable housing in St. Louis City, […]
