The Law of Incentives
A story in the St. Louis Business Journal (the first few paragraphs of which are available for free online) reports...
Zoning Disputes Here, There, and Everywhere
This is a "Read it all and make up your own mind"-type post. The Show-Me Institute’s Dave Roland just wrote...
How Do They Do It?
When it comes to K–12 issues, we tend to neglect small school districts. For journalists and researchers, it’s just easier...
It’s the Economy, Stupid
The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article today about the new “urban renaissance," which has been fueled by baby...
Parking Meter Blues
Kansas City residents are resisting a proposed increase in the numbers and operational hours of downtown parking meters. As much...
Light Rail Op-Ed By Randal O’Toole in the Post-Dispatch
Randal O’Toole had an op-ed published in the Post-Dispatch yesterday, about light rail and the environment. It is a very...
Ice-Cold Beer in a Red, White, and Blue Label
One of the creators of the “SaveAB” website posted the following commentary on the Columbia Daily Tribune‘s blog: “Americans don’t...
Swing … and a Miss
Let me preface this post by saying that I appreciate the attention that Henry Waters, publisher of the Columbia Daily...
Kansas City Transit Cornucopia
Detailed commentary will follow, but I wanted to get Mayor Funkhouser’s new regional Kansas City transit plan up on our...
A Memorial for Civil Society
Every Memorial Day that I can recall while I grew up in Portland, Ore., we went to visit my mom’s...
Pitch Whacks Earnings Tax Flat in Its Tracks; Backs Tax on Plats, in Fact
Justin’s excellent post earlier today touching on the distortionary effects of the earnings tax was particularly timely. Also today, The...
Fun With Numbers (and Economic Incentives)! Hooray!
There are all kinds of fun number-crunching stories to talk about today. But I’ll concentrate on just one. Chicago currently...
Kansas City Council Considers 400% Tax Increase
OK, now that I have your attention with that eye-popping (yet accurate) title, let’s discuss the issue reasonably. The Kansas...
Tony’s Kansas City Talks About Light Rail
Tony’s Kansas City blog, which is far superior to our own in its choice of pictures, weighs in on light...
Missouri House Approves Property Tax Bill
Well, this is news that is sure to make David Stokes happy. Of course, there was a nice little useless...
People Respond to Pricing
Incentives and prices matter. As prices change, habits and activities change. Here are two articles relating to how people are...
Interesting Ideas About Downtown Parking in KC
The Kansas City Post has a very interesting piece (link via Prime Buzz in the Star) about parking in downtown...
Some Positive (and Not-So-Positive) News for Missouri Homeowners
Forbes Magazine has ranked Kansas City fifth in its “Best Cities for Home Sellers” list. This is good news for...
Kansas City Light Rail Update
I am going to take the recent news about light rail in Kansas City as an opportunity to further plug...
Bodyguards and Pay Raises for City Officials
Kansas City has an interesting way of setting salaries for its city officials. The salaries of the mayor and City...
