The Private Provision of Mass Transportation
This is an extremely interesting (and relatively short) video, made by PBS’s Frontline and NPR’s Planet Money, about the private...
Private Airport in Branson Seems to Be Flying Along Smoothly
As you may or may not know, America’s only privately owned and operated commercial airport is located in Branson. It...
This Just In: Health Care Legislation Passed by Congress Has Unintended Consequences
On Friday, U.S. Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) sent a letter to AT&T and several other companies...
Your Government, Your Editor
The Riverfront Times blog points out that a judge in the local U.S. District Court has determined that St. Louis...
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...
Counties, Not Municipalities, Should Determine TIFs
The core of this issue has already been argued on the eastern side of the state. A 2007 change to...
An Opportunity for SLPS
Now that the Missouri Virtual Instruction Program has lost state funding and is charging tuition, it’s an opportune time for...
Advancing Saint Louis through Bad Economics
This morning at the office, David Stokes brought in a mailer he received from Advance Saint Louis urging him to...
A Ban I Actually Support
That would be a ban on red light cameras, which was recently proposed in the Missouri Senate. Although I am...
Isn’t It Ironic? (Don’t You Think?)
As Caitlin pointed out last night here on Show-Me Daily, the Saint Louis blogosphere has been criticizing the Show-Me Institute...
The Earnings Tax, Marginal Utility, and Our Move
A few articles and blogs have recently criticized the Show-Me Institute for moving to our lovely new location in the...
Arguments Against Federal and State Assistance for Public Works Projects Like Proposition A
Yesterday, I attended a forum/debate on Proposition A, the proposed half-cent tax to fund MetroLink’s expansion and other Metro services. Speaking...
Thanks, But No, Thanks, NCAA
Today’s KC Star is reporting on a hearing in Jefferson City in which sporting event promoters are attempting to get...
We’ve Moved to the Land of the Earnings Tax!
The Show-Me Institute has officially moved its offices into the city of Saint Louis. Personally speaking, it is nice to...
The Attack of the Rent-Seeking HVAC Contractors Has Begun!
Here is St. Louis Board of Aldermen Bill No. 337, which would apply current licensing requirements for commercial HVAC work...
The Economic Case for Citizen Oversight of the Board of Police Commissioners
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. Many believe that Missouri, and Saint Louis in particular, has...
Turn On, Tune In, Drop By
Sorry for the late notice, but two Show-Me Institute staffers will be making appearances later today — one on the...
More Rent Seeking ? National Style
Rent seeking has been a major topic around here recently. I don’t need to provide links — if you’re reading...
Two Quick Hits Out of the Post-Dispatch
Mayor Francis Slay is once again talking about St. Louis city and county once again considering the idea of reuniting in various...
SMI Research Assistant John Payne on FOX 2 tonight at 10:00
Charles Jaco just finished taping an interview with Show-Me Institute research assistant John Payne, about the Metro mass transit system...
