Build More Housing with Bryan Caplan
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, about his latest book...
Senate Bill 88 and Licensing Restrictions
Show-Me Institute researchers have been vocal proponents of reducing government barriers to workers, including hair braiders, park photographers, and many...
WATCH: The Red Vs Blue Myth and the Real Threat to American Stability
Recorded on December 1, 2022 at the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri Tony Woodlief is Executive...
The Missouri School Rankings Project
UPDATE as of March 12, 2025, MoSchoolRankings.org now has the latest 2023–2024 performance data for every Missouri school and district—plus...
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...
Missouri’s Report Card and ESSA Requirements
Event Details: Missouri has spent more than $6 billion in 2019 on public education. Do we know what we are...
Is St. Louis Successful?
What makes a successful city? Recently, the Show-Me Institute, in collaboration with the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason...
The Show-Me State Charts a Course of Independence
When it comes to state-level policy, research suggests that Missouri respects the rights and responsibilities of the individual. That is...
Riding to the Hounds of Corporate Welfare
Oscar Wilde famously defined foxhunting as “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.” His quip aptly describes a sport...
New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Are you listening, Missouri lawmakers? This is the Ghost of Christmas Past....
The Price Of Air Travel
Steve Sexton at the Freakanomics blog has an informative post about the cost of air travel. But the costs he...
We Like the ‘burbs: TOD Problems (Part 2 of 3)
If I could create something that would decrease poverty, raise incomes, provide more jobs, or lower gas prices, I would....
Previewing Day Two Of Health Care Reform Oral Arguments
Tomorrow, the United States Supreme Court continues hearing arguments regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a.k.a., Obamacare....
Designed to Fail
George Mason University economist Donald Boudreaux wrote a post earlier this week describing a hypothetical world in which groceries are...
A New Hope
Over the weekend, I attended the 2011 International Students for Liberty (SFL) conference in Washington, D.C. Although I have participated...
The Gilded Age Comes to the Masses
George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan recently opined about how well we live compared to even the richest Americans at...
Rapping the Recession
Back in January, a rap video contrasting the different business cycle theories of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek produced...
Government: Ruining Everything Functional One Program at a Time
Santiago, Chile, is a city of more than 5 million people, with one of the highest standards of living in...
Why Closing Ford’s Claycomo Plant Would Be Good for the Economy
When I was a guest on Sarah Steelman’s radio show on Thursday, a person called in to ask what would...
Two Americans Win Nobel Prize in Economics
This morning, two U.S. economists, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. Both study economic...
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