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Economy
Oct 12, 2020
St. Louis County Should Find Budget Cuts Before Hiking Taxes
The economic damage caused by COVID-19 has been catastrophic, and families everywhere are scrambling to tighten their belts and make ends meet. The fallout extends to local governments as well, […]
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Corporate Welfare
Oct 2, 2020
How Many Chances Does TIF Get?
There are so many problems with the City of St. Louis’s tax-increment financing (TIF) program that it would make your head spin trying to list them all. TIF is an […]
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Corporate Welfare
Sep 9, 2020
Back for More Handouts
Government handouts can be a slippery slope for some developers—once they get one, they just ask for more and more. That appears to be the case for developers seeking millions […]
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Corporate Welfare
Aug 18, 2020
Are Policymakers in a Prisoners’ Dilemma with Economic Development Incentives?
In a recent paper, Michael D. Farren and Matthew D. Mitchell compare economic development incentive decisions by two states to the prisoners’ dilemma in game theory. Examining this interesting comparison may […]
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Corporate Welfare
Aug 12, 2020
TIF for Tat Two
Back in December 2018, the Show-Me Institute published TIF-for-Tat: The Relationship Between Political Contributions and Tax-increment Financing Awards. A new nationwide study reaches similar conclusions about incentives offered at the state […]
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Corporate Welfare
Aug 11, 2020
New Paper Suggests Kansas and Missouri on the Right Track with Truce
If you need a reminder regarding the negative consequences of economic development incentives, look no further than this paper published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. This all-encompassing paper lays […]

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