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Five New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers

Five New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers

Jan 11, 2021

A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. Missouri is considered one of the most “conservative” of the 50...

Fight for 15 . . . Hours Per Week?

Fight for 15 . . . Hours Per Week?

Oct 22, 2019

Activists have spent years trying to persuade lawmakers to raise the minimum wage to $15. In a possible effort to...

Meet the New Report Card, Same as the Old Report Card

Meet the New Report Card, Same as the Old Report Card

Oct 18, 2019

I’m a researcher. When it comes to data I like digging in, and I like unpacking. So, when I heard...

Eighty-Three Special Taxing Districts Opted Out of Tax-Free Weekend

Eighty-Three Special Taxing Districts Opted Out of Tax-Free Weekend

Aug 9, 2019

During the season of back-to-school chaos that thousands of Missouri families face each year, the state in recent years has...

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Would Be a Boon to Missourians.

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Would Be a Boon to Missourians.

Jan 28, 2016

Children with special needs can be extremely challenging, and costly, to educate. Often, they require aides, therapists, counselors, and other...

Employers Need Help-and They’ll Pay Too

Employers Need Help-and They’ll Pay Too

Jun 23, 2015

There’s been a lot said about this new minimum wage proposal in Saint Louis. However, there is an interesting topic that gets...

Thomas Piketty and Mises’s ‘The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality’

Thomas Piketty and Mises’s ‘The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality’

Jul 14, 2014

As first appearing at Mises.org: Ludwig von Mises, a mentor to Friedrich Hayek and a major figure in economics in...

Protecting Missouri Families, One Thanksgiving at a Time

Protecting Missouri Families, One Thanksgiving at a Time

Dec 6, 2012

Remember that time your older brother swiped the last slice of pizza from the box (when he already had two),...

Best Bet To Save Soulard Market? Privatization

Best Bet To Save Soulard Market? Privatization

Jul 10, 2012

The Soulard Farmers Market. Last month, Saint Louis City officials unveiled a plan to spend up to $18 million renovating...

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