A Field of Subsidies
If at first you don’t succeed, get more government help. That seems to be the mantra of Missouri developers and...
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TIF Tyranny Claims Another City
Last month, big business scored yet another victory at the expense of taxpayers. The University City Council unanimously approved a...
An Open Letter to Waddell & Reed Employees
Dear Waddell & Reed employees, I read with interest a story in The Kansas City Business Journal that your company...
KC’s economic development study parroted exactly what the city wanted
The following commentary also appeared in the Kansas City Star. Businessman John Wannamaker famously quipped, “Half the money I spend on...
Hotels and Supply and Demand
VisitKC, Kansas City’s convention and visitor’s bureau, is making presentations in which they claim that the city’s occupancy rate—the percentage...
Springfield’s Convention Dream
Private consultants have determined that Springfield, Missouri is on the cusp of attracting a great deal of new convention business....
Kansas City’s Christmas Tree
If you’ve lived in Kansas City for a while, you’ve heard all about building new things. We’ve built a new...
How Not to Study Economic Development Incentives
Economic development incentives are all the rage. And they aren’t all multi-billion-dollar packages to attract a new Amazon headquarters. Many...
You Gotta Spend Money to… Spend Money?
We’ve all heard the phrase, “you have to spend money to make money.” Thanks to some reporting by Brian Robbins...
