The Kansas-Missouri Border War Isn’t Over
A version of this op-ed was published in the Columbia Missourian. Missouri and Kansas are no strangers to border conflict....
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Federal Money for Roads and Bridges Won’t Fix Missouri’s Real Problem
A few months ago, Congress mulled a coronavirus spending bill focused on infrastructure for a so-called “Phase IV” package. While...
More People Working from Home Means Less Earnings Tax Revenue
The earnings tax in Kansas City and St. Louis is a one percent tax on income not just for city...
Federal Stimulus Money in Missouri: What We Know So Far
With the federal government handing out trillions of dollars in “stimulus” money (I would call it relief funds), you might...
An Update on Economic Development Policy in Kansas City
No sooner had Show-Me Institute published “Some Positive Signs on Economic Development Incentives in Kansas City” than one of the...
You Can Say That: A Lecture from David French
Event Details: Where do we draw the line on free speech? On its tenor? On its subject matter? Have we...
The Achievement Gap for Low-income Students Continues into College
Recent research shows that there is a gap in academic achievement between lower- and upper-class students by as much as...
Here Are the Latest Census Data on Poverty in Missouri
Between 2016 and 2017, the poverty rate in Missouri decreased from 14.0 percent to 13.4 percent and the child poverty...
Research on School Choice Nets Prize for Economist
Somewhere, Milton Friedman is smiling. Last month the American Economic Association announced that Parag Pathak, an economist from MIT, is...
