China, Russia, and the Changing Global Landscape with Senator Jim Talent and James Jay Carafano
On March 21, 2023, the Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual event with Senator Jim Talent and Heritage Foundation’s James Jay...
St. Louis Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s...
Springfield Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s economic development...
Russia, Ukraine, and the Impact on The United States with Senator Jim Talent and James Jay Carafano
On March 17, 2022 Senator Jim Talent and Heritage Foundation’s James Jay Carafano joined us for a virtual event to...
In Crisis, Supply-Side Healthcare Reforms Are Even More Important
By far the most important news story of 2020 has been the coronavirus, and for obvious reasons; it has the...
Socialism: The Slouching Beast on our Campuses
Socialism has come a long way since 1917. Socialist regimes ruled half the world—at a terrible cost—during the Cold War....
Thomas Piketty and Mises’s ‘The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality’
As first appearing at Mises.org: Ludwig von Mises, a mentor to Friedrich Hayek and a major figure in economics in...
Aerotropolis Revisited
Many Missouri residents remember the ill-fated effort to create a China Hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The plan, dubbed...
Jay Nixon Makes The Wrong Call On Medicaid
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon calls an up-or-down vote on expansion of the state’s Medicaid program “the biggest decision facing our...
Part 1: It Is Time To Close The Book On Aerotropolis
Last year, Saint Louis County officials decided to revive the moribund Aerotropolis project, a part-cargo, part-real estate tax credit boondoggle...
Columbia’s Historic Preservation Study Should Be Understood As PR, Not Policy
Last week, a study presented to the Columbia City Council explored the impact of Missouri’s historic preservation tax credit on the...
Donnybrook: Brenda Talent Returns to KETC
Show-Me Institute Executive Director Brenda Talent was a guest on Saint Louis local roundtable discussion show Donnybrook on July 26,...
Oh Well, It Will Be A Thin Report: The Mamtek Hearings
A Missouri House committee heard testimony Wednesday from the soon-to-be former director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED),...
The Not-So-Special Session: Lessons Learned From a Public Policy Viewpoint
Talk about laying an egg! Missouri lawmakers are going home at the end of the 50-day special session of the...
It’s Not About China, It’s About Corporate Welfare
During the special session of the Missouri Legislature, there was no shortage of personal attacks levied at individuals and organizations who...
Aerotropolis and the Climate for Substantive Tax Credit Reform
News on the proposed China Hub tax credits has been pretty sparse the past few weeks. Just before the Missouri...
US-China Chamber President ‘Doesn’t See Significant Economic Value’ in Midwest China Hub
Missouri Digital News reports in a series of segments this morning that Siva Yam, president of US-China Chamber of Commerce,...
The Moberly Mirror: Pressured For Asking Too Many Questions About Tax Handouts
A Show-Me Institute supporter contacted me last week to relay the story of the Moberly Mirror, a small newspaper that...
The End of Aerotropolis Subsidies?
A real spendthrift – even one newly resolved to be thrifty – cannot walk through a shopping center without stopping...
China Law Blog on Mamtek: “[T]here are some lessons to be learned”
Looks like the Mamtek story that Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding wrote about on Friday is already getting some...
