What the Government Shutdown Was Really About with Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass is joined by Elias Tsapelas, director of state budget and fiscal policy at the Show-Me Institute, to explain...
Recession: To Be or Not To Be, That Is the Question
First the Fed pause, now the unpause: what do recent data and events mean for the U.S. economy? Just last...
Taking Stock of Inflation and the Recent Fed Pause
The Federal Reserve announced last week that it was pausing its campaign of inflation-fighting interest rate hikes, leaving the target...
Inflation and the Dangers of False Narratives
With the release of inflation data over the past two weeks—consumer inflation (CPI) late last week and producer inflation (PPI)...
Year-End Jobs Report: Goldilocks, or Calm Before the Storm?
For the second year in a row, the U.S. economy enters January under a considerable cloud of uncertainty. In January...
Using Missouri’s Fiscal Relief and Infrastructure Funds to Grow the Economy, Not Government
Missouri has received billions in debt-financed federal spending earmarked for stimulus, recovery and infrastructure needs from legislation such as the...
Flood of Federal Money Is Not a Free Pass for a Spending Binge
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Jefferson City is awash in taxpayer cash. Missouri’s state...
The House Is on Fire
We’re in the midst of an educational crisis. We’re halfway through a third disrupted school year and Missouri students, especially...
St. Louis County Needs Federal Dollars to Stay Afloat
A recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is asking the St....
So about that Coronavirus Money . . .
The three coronavirus relief bills Congress passed funneled just under $200 billion into America’s K-12 public schools. This is a...
Podcast: COVID Legislation, How to Hire Teachers and MO Toll Roads
Susan Pendergrass, Patrick Ishmael and Jakob Puckett join Zach Lawhorn to discuss Missouri’s newly-signed COVID liability legislation, MO DESE’s application...
How Are We Recovering? (Part 3)
Now that we’ve discussed unemployment insurance (UI) in general and in connection with the Great Recession, it’s time to analyze...
How to Put Missouri on a Faster Path to Recovery
Hoping to prepare for a busy summer of reopening, several restaurants last week in St. Louis’s Central West End held...
Are Unemployment Benefits Making It Harder to Find Workers?
If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen “We’re Hiring” and “Help Wanted” signs all over the place in recent months....
The Biden Infrastructure Bungle
Following on the heels of its $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, the Biden administration just unveiled another multitrillion-dollar spending plan, this...
