Are Missouri’s Public Schools Ready for Declining Enrollment?
The fertility rate—the average number of children a woman will have over her lifetime—has been falling steadily in the United...
Social Security, Tax Cuts, and the Future of Retirement with Andrew Biggs
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Andrew G. Biggs, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), about the...
Uh Oh: Are Medicaid Expansion Savings Built on False Promises?
Supporters of expanding Medicaid in Missouri argue that expansion will save the state money. Washington University and the Missouri Budget...
We Could Give Teachers a Ten Percent Raise Next Year
In a recent op-ed, I asked, “Why do our best superintendents always leave?” The answer was obvious—the pension system. After...
Want Better Teachers In High-Need Schools? Fix Pensions
What if instead of busing students from failing school districts to accredited ones, we bused great teachers from accredited schools...
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...
Should The Government Force Longevity?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Columnist Bill McClellan takes a hard line against an overprotective government in his piece, “Government should let...
Good News: I Solved the Federal Budget Deficit!
I will not be old enough to be elected president until 2019. However, in light of the fact that I...
Thinking Rationally About Rationing
Last month, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force revised its guideline on mammograms, advising that women should wait until age...
An Ostrich Talks About Social Security in the New York Times
If you are writing an article about long-term planning for how best to collect your Social Security benefits, shouldn’t you...
Equivalent to Finding Loose Change in Your Couch
There was an interesting (and unusually bipartisan) op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal the other day, touting an extremely...
Jetton Spreads the Good News
An article in the Lebanon Daily Record (via Combest) discusses Rod Jetton’s visit to the Hughes Senior Center in Lebanon...
Nicklaus on Retirement Tax Cuts
David Nicklaus has a new column on Speaker Jetton’s proposal to exempt Social Security benefits and various other forms of...
