Missouri Can Compete – Despite Recent Poor Performance
Consider two teams on divergent paths — the Missouri Tigers and the Missouri Widgets. Clearly, the football Tigers are on...
policy bfast clips
At the Show-Me Institute’s policy breakfast on Feb. 8 titled “Rich State, Poor States”, Jonathan Williams of ALEC...
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...
In Memory of Ed Robb
All of us at the Show-Me Institute were shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Dr. Ed...
SLU and Mizzou Economists Weigh in on Aerotropolis Jobs Estimates
Saint Louis University professor Dr. Jack Strauss and University of Missouri-Columbia professor Dr. Joe Haslag (also Show-Me’s chief economist) have at...
New Evidence Demonstrates How Earnings Taxes Harm City Growth
Voters in Saint Louis and Kansas City will soon vote on whether to retain their respective city earnings taxes. What’s...
Eliminating Missouri’s Income Tax Is One Road to Greater Prosperity
A current legislative proposal seeks to eliminate Missouri’s income tax and replace it with a higher sales tax rate. It...
Eliminating Income Tax Would Lead to Faster Growth, Despite Opponents’ Scare Tactics
The scare is on. Some wild economic predictions have been put forward by Amy Blouin, director of the Missouri Budget...
Alarming Increase in Monetary Base May Lead to Long-Term Inflation
Joseph Haslag, economics professor at the University of Missouri–Columbia and executive vice president of the Show-Me Institute, explains in this...
Stimulus Package Is an Income Redistribution Scheme, Not an Income Expansion Scheme
Joseph Haslag, economics professor at the University of Missouri–Columbia and executive vice president of the Show-Me Institute, explains in for...
Implementing Pro-Growth Tax Policy Requires Rigorous Analysis
When the legislature reconvenes in January, the contentious issue of whether Missouri should repeal the state income tax will surely...
Income Taxes Decrease Economic Growth, Prosperity
With the 2010 Census complete, Congress will soon reapportion seats in the House of Representatives, and it appears that Missouri...
More Evidence Against State Income Taxes
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial by economist Art Laffer about the negative impact of state income...
“If Missouri Will Issue a Dollar for a Tax Credit, It Should Get a Dollar Back”
Last week, I attended the first meeting of the Tax Credit Review Commission in Jefferson City. In his opening remarks,...
Milton Friedman Celebration 2010 featuring Michael Podgursky, Susan Feigenbaum and Daniel Thornton
On July 30, 2010, the Show-Me Institute joined many other think tanks around the nation by hosting an event in...
Holding Wall Street Accountable Your Wallet Hostage
Right now, our country is in the process of passing legislation that many see as badly needed reform in the...
Tax Incentives Are a Game We Can’t Win
Today, Show-Me Institute Research Analyst Christine Harbin appeared on the Sarah Steelman Hour radio show in Springfield, talking about tax...
SLU Economics Professors Misstate Findings of Earnings Tax Paper
In a recent St. Louis Post-Dispatch commentary (“Don’t blame the earnings tax,” May 6), Drs. Lisa Gladson and Jack Strauss...
Lesson From the Election: Examine Claims on Both Sides of Tax Issues
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. In the recent election, a surprising number of tax issues were...
Missouri and the Show-Me Institute Featured in Rich States Poor States
Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Jonathan Williams recently published the third edition of Rich States Poor States: ALEC-Laffer...
