Virtual Town Hall – The National Debt Crisis with Brian Riedl
On September 10, 2020, the Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual town hall featuring Manhattan Institute’s Brian Riedl. Brian discussed the...
SMI Podcast: Chris Pope – A New Plan for Medicaid
Listen Here Read Chris’s full report: A Plan to Make Medicaid Fair, Focused, and Accountable Chris Pope is a senior...
Green Energy’s Environmental Impacts: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
The Missouri Renewable Energy Standard requires that at least 15 percent of Missouri’s electricity from state-regulated electric utilities (such as Ameren and...
Cato’s Michael Cannon Visits the Podcast
Last week, Stuart Butler of the Brookings Institution joined the Show-Me Institute Podcast to talk about his views on health care...
Agreeing and Disagreeing on Health Care Reform
This week, my colleague Susan Pendergrass and I had the opportunity to sit down for a podcast with Stuart Butler,...
KCMO Vs KCK: Aaron Renn Joins the Show-Me Institute Podcast
On the most recent Show-Me Institute podcast, Dr. Susan Pendergrass is joined by Aaron Renn and Patrick Tuohey. They discuss...
Fighting Blight Can Help Address Crime
A new article from the Manhattan Institute details research that indicates addressing blight can have a positive impact on crime....
What Is Educational Pluralism?
Ashley Berner has spent a lot of time examining educational systems around the world, and she concludes that the American...
Is St. Louis Successful?
What makes a successful city? Recently, the Show-Me Institute, in collaboration with the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason...
The War on Work with Dr. Edward Glaeser
Harvard economist and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Edward Glaeser appeared at Saint Louis University on May 9, 2018 as part...
Edward Glaeser to Discuss War on Work in St. Louis
Harvard economist and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Edward Glaeser will speak at St. Louis University on May 9. As part...
Different Paths to Course Access
Course Access is a hot topic in Missouri right now. Both the governor and legislature have made it a priority,...
Saint Louis: Not a Tech City
Saint Louis officials constantly tout the growth of tech companies in the metropolitan area and the city specifically. Whether it’s...
Robbing Peter To Pay Paul’s Defined Benefit Pension
After graduating from college, Peter and Paul began teaching in different Missouri public school districts. Feeling satisfied with their long,...
HHS Report Confirms: Insurance Rates In Missouri Exchange To Rocket Upward
At 12:01 a.m. yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report on what some of...
Let’s Not Follow Cincinnati’s Lead On Airports
The Kansas City Business Journal recently published an article about the effort to tear down Kansas City International Airport (MCI)...
It Is Called ‘Fact-Checking,’ Rolling Stone, And You Should Try It
Let’s cut to the chase. Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone magazine has jumped on the American Federation of Teachers “blacklist bandwagon.” As...
As Reported In The Wall Street Journal: American Federation of Teachers Attacks Show-Me
It seems James Shuls’ ongoing efforts to make our children’s education better and Andrew Biggs’ report on Missouri’s public pension...
Dear Affordable Care Act Supporters: You Call This ‘Saving Money’?
Proponents of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) have long claimed that the law’s provisions would “bend the cost curve”...
Empty and Broke
In Missouri, we are no strangers to airports that are deep in debt. Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is still facing...
