For More Affordable Housing We Need More Housing, Period
St. Louis, at least relative to other cities, is not facing a housing affordability crisis. In fact, a 2024 study...
Pittsburgh, Poster Child for Sloppy Housing Policy
In the weeks and months ahead, researchers at the Show-Me Institute will be taking a closer look at housing policies...
Kansas City Should Rely On Its Strengths
Everyone knows that Kansas City is one of the best places in America to find barbeque, but according to a...
Follow-up on Kansas City Population Trends
The other day we published a post about some Brookings Institution data suggesting the Kansas City was doing well with...
Kansas City and St. Louis Battling National Trends
From costly bad bets subsidizing the development of Kansas City’s Power & Light District to promoting the St. Louis Ballpark...
Ignore the Gimmicks. Here Are the Reasons Amazon Should Come to Missouri.
My colleague Patrick Tuohey has talked at length about the stunts some have pulled to try and get Amazon to...
Kansas City’s Intermodal Strength
The announcement a few months ago that Amazon would be opening a fulfillment center in Kansas City, Kansas was great...
Kansas City’s Remarkable Transportation System
Wendell Cox recently published a paper for the Show-Me Institute on Kansas City’s competitive advantages. One of the things that...
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Video: Kansas City: Genuinely World Class
The climate is so-so, there’s no nearby ocean or mountain range, and the metro area population has climbed only modestly...
When Kansas City Leaders Got It Right
We often use this blog to criticize city leaders for their bad ideas. City leaders rush to spend public funds...
What Can City Leaders Do To Grow A City? Not Much
Wendell Cox recently wrote a paper for the Show Me Institute titled, “Kansas City—Genuinely World Class: A Competitive Analysis.” In...
Wendell Cox and Crosby Kemper III on KCPT’s Ruckus
Wendell Cox discusses his recent essay on the competitive strengths and weaknesses of Kansas City. Crosby Kemper III also appears...
Kansas City: Genuinely World Class
Today the Show-Me Institute is publishing Wendell Cox’s paper, “Kansas City—Genuinely World Class: A Competitive Analysis,” in which the author...
Wendell Cox on KC Competitiveness
Wendell Cox talks with Mike Ferguson about his soon-to-be-released paper: Kansas City–Genuinely World Class: A Competitive Analysis.
Part One: The Smallness Of The Potentially ‘Hip’ Core
Just the other day, The Daily Beast published an outstanding piece on redevelopment trends in our urban communities. Joel Kotkin, a...
A Rebirth for Saint Louis? and When “Smart Growth” Isn’t
Saint Louis has been buffeted by some tough economic times over the past few years, but internationally known demographer and...
Lower Housing Costs, Less Urban Planning, and the Positives of 90 Municipalities in Saint Louis County
The Show-Me Institute is proud to release a new policy study by Wendell Cox, one of America’s foremost demographers and...
Independence Privatizes Its Bus Services
I saw this excellent story on Tony’s Kansas City. Independence, Mo., is privatizing bus and transit services within the city. The Independence...
How Should We Deal With Carbon Emissions?
I was in Washington, D.C., yesterday to hear a presentation by Wendell Cox at the Heritage Foundation. His presentation centered...
Metro Gets Federal Boost
The Federal Transit Administration is designating $7 million for Metro operations in St. Louis, so it can increase bus services...
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