Missouri Urban Assessments Need Greater Consistency
Some of the land in the heart of the city of Saint Louis’ fashionable Central West End is worthless. Don’t...
Three Ways Bad Public Policy Hurts Missouri
In this February 2013 Show-Me Forum, Policy Analysts David Stokes and Patrick Ishmael detail some of the specific bad public...
Checking the Books: Safeguarding Missouri’s Money
On December 6, Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich stopped by the Show-Me Institute’s office in the Central West End of...
Hot TIF In The City This Week
Yesterday, I testified in front of the Saint Louis City Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Commission regarding the proposed $10 million...
McGraw Milhaven – David Stokes on KTRS
David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven’s KTRS radio program. In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss...
Money Down a Drain: The Millions Spent on Missouri’s No-Show Feb. 7 Election
Missouri lawmakers are feeling embarrassed. And well they should be. The representatives of the Show-Me State were shown up as...
Failing State Experiments: Taxing Their Way Into Poverty
Early in the morning of February 8, 2012, Jonathan Williams of the American Legislative and Exchange Council (ALEC) and Joseph...
Show-Me Institute Book Club: Join Us This Wednesday
Frederic Bastiat once wrote: Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an...
Show-Me Institute Accepting Applications For Winter/Spring Internship Opportunities
The Show-Me Institute is pleased to offer internship opportunities for winter/spring 2012. Internships are open to current undergraduate and graduate students, as...
Did Hamilton, Madison, and Jay Overstate Their Case for Adopting the U.S. Constitution?
Please join us for the Show-Me Institute Book Club on the second Wednesday of each month for scintillating discussions and free snacks. We are...
Local Government Strikes Down Yet Another Tasty Innovation
Working at the Show-Me Institute, located in the highly walkable Central West End, my colleagues and I often take short...
Free-Market Field Trip No. 4: Food Trucks – Video Posted!
I recently hit the streets of the Central West End in Saint Louis to find out what folks think about...
Food Trucks and the Free Market: What are People Saying?
Food trucks are growing in popularity in the Saint Louis area. Some area legislators want to restrict their freedom of...
Food Truck Sighting in the Central West End!
Now that I have my eyes open for food trucks, I see them nearly everywhere I go! While I was...
I Should Have Just Kept Quiet About This
This post on competing sales tax rates at sandwich shops in the Central West End has not had the results...
“Now, [Celebrity] Sightings Are Anytime, Any Place”
In an email, a regular Show-Me Daily reader alerted me to a post on the Iowa-based Tax Update Blog. The...
Sub Shops and Sales Taxes: A Delicious Natural Experiment
A couple of weeks ago, I embarked on an audacious experiment. I dreamed an impossible dream that one day, if...
At Long Last: The Payne-Stokes Debate Is Online
On Sept. 30 of this year, at Dressel’s Pub in the Central West End, a small crowd gathered to watch...
Debate Tonight!
The Show-Me Institute is sponsoring a debate between me, Research Assistant John Payne, and Policy Analyst David Stokes on the...
“It’s Hotel/Motel Time!”
There was a terrific editorial in Friday’s St. Louis Business Journal about proposals in Clayton and Richmond Heights to institute...
