The Corporate Income Tax . . . Leaving Missouri Behind?
The Cato Institute recently released its “Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2012.” Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Patrick Ishmael...
Kansas Governor Earns ‘A’ On Fiscal Report Card; Missouri Governor Gets ‘C’
On Tuesday, the Cato Institute published the latest edition of its Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors, a biennial...
Missouri’s TIF Infestation
If I got to pick it, the slogan for my beloved home state of Missouri would be: “Missouri: We’re In The...
Missouri’s Ticking Pension Time Bomb? Will the Money be There?
Those who follow this blog are aware of the Show-Me Institute’s interest in Missouri’s 130-plus public pension systems. Tens of thousands of...
A New Hope
Over the weekend, I attended the 2011 International Students for Liberty (SFL) conference in Washington, D.C. Although I have participated...
Which Is Government Protecting: Consumers From Food Poisoning, or Existing Businesses From Competition?
Apparently, Saint Louis isn’t alone in its issues with food trucks. The Institute for Justice launched a lawsuit challenging a...
Obamanomics: Growing the Pie or Dividing the Pie?
Jeffrey A. Miron, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics at...
U.S. PIRG Publication Misrepresents Substance of Show-Me Institute Article
While looking for some academic papers on Google Scholar, I took a moment, as an afterthought, to see whether the...
Death Panels and the Market
Within the health care debate that has taken place during the past year, “death panels” and health care rationing were...
State and Local Government Employment and Payroll Data in Missouri Follows National Trend
This month, the Cato Institute published a bulletin titled “Employee Compensation in State and Local Governments,” in which the author...
Health Care Insurance Without a Public Option
A recurring concern within our national health care debate has been about insurance, and how to make it work for...
The High Cost of High-Speed Rail
During the drive home from work yesterday, I listened to a discussion of high-speed rail on NPR’s “Marketplace.” Mitchell Hartman...
Tariffs Punish Consumers, but Remain Politically Popular
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. With all the talk about polarizing politics and the fracturing...
Interstate Rail Project Would Bring High-Speed Spending
On June 17, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) asked states for proposals for spending the $8 billion of stimulus money...
Randal O’Toole Op-Ed on High-Speed Rail
A few days ago the Post-Dispatch published an op-ed from Randal O’Toole of the Cato Institute, about Midwest high-speed rail. O’Toole...
Statistics That Defy Belief
Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute had to publish a correction regarding his calculation of the per-pupil spending taking place...
Stand Together for School Choice
Yesterday, Andrew J. Coulson — director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom — wrote in the Washington Examiner:...
The Value of Networking
An article I wrote for the latest issue of Atlas Highlights, published by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, is now...
Private Airport Right Here in Missouri
With all our recent talk about privatization of airports, how the hell did I not know one was being built...
Cato-at-Liberty on Concealed Carry
I hadn’t seen this when I wrote about concealed carry earlier today. It’s commentary from David Rittgers of Cato about...
