A Moonshot of Mistakes: Missouri’s Missing Million
When the United States put a man on the moon in 1969, the state of Missouri was the 13th largest...
Taxes: Hitting Some Missouri Businesses Harder than Others?
In their essay, “Taxing Business in Missouri,” Professors Rik Hafer, Ph.D., and Howard Wall, Ph.D., review the research of the...
Essay: Education, Income, and Social Behavior Across Missouri
You wouldn’t expect a lot of pushback if you claimed that there is a positive relationship between income and level...
Show-Me Institute Presents: Comparing Income Tax Liability Across States: Where Does Missouri Rank?
There has been a lot of back and forth regarding whether Missouri is a low-tax state. The truth depends on...
Taxes Are Still Too High for Missouri
In his 2014 state of the state address, Governor Jay Nixon bragged that “Missouri’s a low-tax state—sixth lowest in the...
Show-Me Now! Missouri’s Economy is Lagging Behind
Show-Me Institute Research Fellow Rik Hafer, Ph.D., discusses how Missouri’s economy has performed since 2000 relative to its neighbors and...
Show-Me Institute Presents: Missouri’s Economic Record In The 21st Century
During good times and bad, Missouri is failing to keep up economically with its neighbors. In the Show-Me Institute’s new...
Obamacare: Less Choice, Higher Taxes, Slower Economic Growth
As first appearing in the STL Beacon on September 30, 2013: The time for enrolling in health exchanges is now...
In Case There Were Any Doubts About The ‘Growth Corridor’ We’re In, Here’s Another Data Point
Today, Show-Me Institute Research Fellow Rik Hafer wrote in the St. Louis Beacon about a recent CNBC business survey and how...
