Why We Need School Choice
Throughout the country, lawmakers have discussed expanding educational options for students by establishing charter schools or allowing public dollars to...
Passing Through Missouri: Left Behind on Taxes?
Missouri’s economic growth is lagging behind the rest of the country. As we wrote in our recent research report, “Cutting...
Corporate and Pass-Through Income Taxation: Time for Reform
Missouri is not doing well economically. For the past decade, the state has fallen behind its sister states in economic...
Quality Jobs Program: A Closer Look
Many of you know that a tax credit is a direct reduction in a taxpayer’s tax liability that a government...
Teacher Quality Matters, So Do State Regulations
In recent years, researchers have been making clear what parents have known all along: teacher quality matters. As President Barack...
Assessing a Very Costly Medicaid Expansion
In 2010, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a massive health care overhaul that asserted fresh...
Transit-Oriented Development: The Economic Development Myth
Government planners are steadily increasing their use of TOD. However, contrary to one of the central tenets of TOD, surveys...
Testimony Before the St. Louis County TIF Commission on the Proposed Shrewsbury TIF
In theory, establishing a TIF district involves serious and impartial deliberation and calculus. A city intends to revitalize a part...
The Effectiveness of Enterprise Zones in Missouri
There are a substantial number of government programs to stimulate economic investment in Missouri. There are 36 different state economic...
