Economy Stories

Housing construction

Economy | ARTICLE | November 4, 2026

Regulation Accounts for a Quarter of a New Home’s Price

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

School bus

Economy | ARTICLE | November 4, 2026

Taxation Without Representation at the Special School District

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

Economy | ARTICLE | October 27, 2026

Getting it Right on SNAP

By Elias Tsapelas | Read Time 2 min

Economy | ARTICLE | October 23, 2026

Blue Springs Use Tax Should Expand the Tax Base, Not the Size of Government

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Plug-in solar panels

Economy | ARTICLE | October 20, 2026

Missouri’s Rules for Plug-In Solar Are out of Proportion to the Risk

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 4 min

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | October 20, 2026

Socialism, Chavez, and the Collapse of Venezuela with Jim Epstein

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 33 min

Grocery store aisle

Economy | ARTICLE | October 19, 2026

Grocery Stores Are Inevitable

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Economy | ARTICLE | October 9, 2026

A Menu of Housing Reforms with Salim Furth

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 31 min

Power lines, electricity grid, private electricity grid, CRE

Economy | ARTICLE | October 7, 2026

Private Electricity Grids Meeting the Data Center Moment

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

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