Retooling Missouri’s Economic Engines
Dave Helling at The Kansas City Star recently wrote a piece about how Kansas City and St. Louis might fare...
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Holy Smokes! Andy Puzder, a Free-Market Advocate, to Run the Labor Department?
One of the first tenets of free-market thinking is that nobody owes anybody else a job – much less a...
We Are Thankful for Citizen Petitioners
The recent past has been a busy time for citizen petitioners in Kansas City. Current and recent efforts have included...
Is Kansas City Using TIF to Mask Policy Consequences?
The Urban Land Institute invited me to speak on a panel the other day to discuss Kansas City’s use of...
When Unions Bargain for Lower Pay
Minimum wage laws price-low skilled workers out of the workforce. They hurt many of the people they’re intended to help....
July 2015 Newsletter
In this issue: Jobs and the minimum wage Public employee union reform Interdistrict school transfers in Saint Louis Kansas City's...
October 2015 Newsletter
In this issue: Direct patient care Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association Consequences of a minimum wage hike in Saint Louis...
Increasing Teacher Pay from On High Is Simply Bad Policy
Are teachers overpaid or underpaid? It’s as old a debate in education as whether Han Solo shot first is for...
Does It Matter What a Lost Job Would Have Paid?
In a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, economist David Neumark challenges some of the myths about the minimum wage. From...
