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...
A Conversation with SLU Professor Douglas Rush About Aerotropolis
In this video, SLU Professor Douglas Rush talks about an op-ed he wrote for the St. Louis-Post Dispatch that critized...
Watch Live Tonight: What Washington Won’t Tell You About the Next Economic Crisis
[The embedded video below is the archived copy of the footage that streamed live from Saint Louis University on the...
Tough Choices Coming
That was the message Tuesday from Brian Riedl on KWMU’s radio program “St. Louis On The Air.” Riedl, the Heritage...
Who Am I? What Is the Show-Me Institute? And a Thank You to Hot Air
For long-time Show-Me Institute readers and supporters, my name is Patrick Ishmael. This month, I joined the institute as a...
He Gets the Games Washington Plays
Yesterday’s Washington Post had a fascinating article about the only-in-Washington logic behind a recent agreement to keep the federal government...
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...
Obamanomics: Growing the Pie or Dividing the Pie?
Jeffrey A. Miron, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics at...
The Promise and Performance of Charter Schools: Drivers of Educational Improvement in the U.S.?
Caroline Hoxby, Ph.D., the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University, spoke about "The Promise and Performance...
The Definition of a Conflict of Interest
Photo credit: Thomas Duda The Tax Credit Review Commission held its regional meeting in a veritable monument to the tax...
Celebrate Freedom
Please join the Show-Me Institute and the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University in the fourth annual...
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...
Taxes in Philly and My Talk With a City Official on the Earnings Tax
Earlier this week, I went to an after-work charity event where I was engaged by a city official — who I won’t...
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...
New Results on the Earnings Tax – For a Different Question
In a recent Kansas City Star commentary, Saint Louis University economics professors Lisa Gladson and Jack Strauss criticized my Show-Me...
Another Instance of Parents as Teachers Participants Serving as Research Subjects
When I blogged about a North Carolina Parents as Teachers program that encouraged participants to join a research study, I...
The Earnings Tax Is Still Bad, for All the Reasons We’ve Already Said
The Kansas City Star‘s website has a piece today by two Saint Louis University professors arguing against the repeal of...
The Promise and Performance of Charter Schools
Caroline Hoxby, Ph.D., the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University, spoke about "The Promise and Performance...
Recapping the Hoxby Lecture
On Tuesday night, the Show-Me Institute and Saint Louis University were thrilled to host Dr. Caroline Hoxby for a lecture...
Don’t Forget!
Dr. Caroline Hoxby will be speaking at SLU tonight. Also, David Hunn over at the Post-Dispatch has a preview at...
