St. Louis Ranks Poorly in Ease of Doing Business Study
Missouri and Missouri cities have ranked poorly in several business and policy rankings. Missouri’s position relative to other cities and...
Privatization: Still a Good Thing in Education
About two years ago, I wrote a piece titled “Privatization in Education—Not as Scary as Some Think,” in which I...
Missouri Dodges A Bullet: Bombardier Seeks Billion Dollar Rescue in Canada
Back in 2008, the Show-Me Institute was staunchly opposed to a plan that could have given aircraft manufacturer Bombardier nearly...
Privatization in Education-Not as Scary as Some Think
As first appearing in Education News: In a classic episode of The Three Stooges, the phrase “Niagara Falls” triggered a...
Let Market Guide Us To Prosperity In ’14
As first appearing in the January 7, 2014, Columbia Daily Tribune: Here are five market-oriented resolutions for a more prosperous...
The End of Aerotropolis Subsidies?
A real spendthrift – even one newly resolved to be thrifty – cannot walk through a shopping center without stopping...
A Starry-Eyed Proposal To Rescue an Airport and Revitalize a Region
In 1998, the airport authority in St. Louis approved the construction of a third runway at its 70-year-old airfield (the...
Air Cargo Expert Hammers Aerotropolis Plan in Industry Publication
And doesn’t pull any punches in doing so. Published in Air Cargo News under the headline “St. Louis Air Cargo—An...
Illinois Scrambles as Sears Looks for an Exit
Two weeks ago, I noted that our cross-border friends in Illinois had an economic mess on their hands. Unemployment’s high...
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