Missouri Economic Development Incentives Aren’t Worth It
From January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, Missouri issued just under $233 million in economic incentives, according to the...
Jobs, Jobs, and More Jobs
It’s fitting that a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on job openings was released during Missouri’s...
Film Tax Credits Still a Bad Idea
It is appropriate that in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on an effort to reinstate film tax credits, the newspaper...
Missouri’s Making Improvements, but Still Trailing
The last few months have been good for the economy. The benefits of the recent federal tax cuts appear to...
Missouri’s Economy Struggles Despite a Low Unemployment Rate
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released some good news about the employment numbers from May: Fourteen states saw their...
TIF Doesn’t Create Jobs
Paul F. Byrne, a professor at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas—who has examined tax increment financing (TIF) use in Missouri...
Missouri’s Weak Employment Mirrors Weak Economic Growth
Last week I posted a comparison of output in Missouri to that of the United States. The bottom line is...
Job Growth in Missouri: Depends on Where You Live
Missouri’s nonfarm employment growth over the past year significantly lags nearly every other state. The picture is somewhat brighter for...
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Experience A Cautionary Tale
When the price of a thing goes up, people buy less of it. We experience this every day when buying...
