Milton Friedman and Ronald Reagan: An Enduring Relationship
Early in the morning on July 29, 2011, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund spoke to a large and enthusiastic...
Picking Winners and Losers Using Health Care Regulation
Typically, when I discuss how government picks winners and losers in the marketplace, it’s in the context of targeted tax...
Why Do Wages Increase?
My last post comparing the standard of living of George Vanderbilt with that enjoyed by most Americans today has inspired...
Municipal Debt: The Next Crisis?
The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted the city of Menasha, Wis., and a failed steam plant project as evidence that...
The Wall Street Journal Weighs In on Unicameral Legislatures
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an article about something that we here at the Show-Me Institute have discussed previously: the...
Diminishing Returns
Apropos of my post about income taxes last Friday, two columns that ran over the weekend dramatically illustrate the downsides...
More Evidence Against State Income Taxes
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial by economist Art Laffer about the negative impact of state income...
Law to Expand Health Coverage Limits Health Coverage
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed last March requires insurers to spend at least 80 to 85 percent...
“Speaking Words of Wisdom, [Gary Becker Says] Let It Be”
Today in the Wall Street Journal, economist Gary Becker writes about what would make China’s economy grow at an even...
Selective Sales Taxes, Sliced Bagels
The Wall Street Journal ran an article about how the state of New York is assessing taxes on sliced or...
Expiring Tax Cuts
As the end of the year draws nearer, the expiration of tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 also begins...
A Lesson From the Land of 10,000 Lakes and Cheeseheads
In the short run, government has three ways to react to a budget deficit: raise taxes, borrow money, or reduce...
Education’s Race to the Top
As the president tries to ramp up education reform with the administration’s new Race to the Top funding structure, he...
Lost Entrepreneurial Initiative: An Unseen Cost of Auto Bailouts
Over at Cafe Hayek, Donald Boudreaux writes a letter to the editor that impugns an editorial in the Wall Street...
LeBron James Votes With His Feet (And Perhaps Uses Show-Me Institute’s IDEAS Application?)
This is admittedly old news, but in my defense, I do not follow sports. From the Wall Street Journal: According...
Holding Wall Street Accountable Your Wallet Hostage
Right now, our country is in the process of passing legislation that many see as badly needed reform in the...
“You Can’t Shrink Your Way Into Prosperity”
From a recent article in the Wall Street Journal: [A]ccording to some analysts and students of corporate behavior, […] companies...
In Support of Eliminating the Corporate Income Tax
Last week in the Wall Street Journal, Michael Boskin published an editorial described the negative effects of corporate income taxes...
Two Market Distortions Do Not a Free Market Make
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed that New York City assess a $300...
Which Education Reforms Are Most Likely to Succeed?
On Feb. 18, the Show-Me Institute proudly presented featured speaker Dr. Jay Greene in conjunction with the Kansas City Public...
