Show-Me Newsletter: 2012, Number 3
In this issue: A look at the Show-Me Institute’s new policy questionnaire, “Principles or Politics?” A message from Executive Director...
Sales Tax Pooling Should Be Expanded in Missouri
The federal government recently released the 2012 Census of Governments. According to that data, Missouri has the sixth-highest total of...
Should Missouri Raise Its Minimum Wage?
Some advocates in Missouri would like to see the state’s minimum wage increased to as much as $8.25, and to...
Virtual Blended With Traditional Learning Can Cut Costs And Help Students
During the 2012 legislative session, Missouri lawmakers failed to pass public school funding reform and failed to do much to...
Show-Me Newsletter: 2012, Number 2
In this issue: a report on the supreme court’s decision to uphold the ACA a message from Executive Director Brenda...
Missouri’s Transportation Funding Future
The economic literature on the use of public-private partnerships and toll roads (the two are generally related) to provide highways...
Slip Sliding Away: The Weak Relative Growth of the Missouri Economy
The purpose of this essay is to examine the relative economic performance of Missouri with two comparisons. Our first benchmark...
Measurements of Enterprise Zones: Comparative Economic Growth in Missouri Counties
The dirty little secret that nobody seems to want to recognize, or even attempt to uncover, is that EEZ, Tax...
Tax Increment Financing and Missouri: An Overview Of How TIF Impacts Local Jurisdictions
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) has become a common economic development tool throughout the United States. TIF takes the new taxes...
