Add the Buckeyes and the Hoosiers to the List
Don’t think for a moment that Midwesterners don’t need or want to choose their children’s school. As I’ve previously discussed...
Flood of Federal Money Is Not a Free Pass for a Spending Binge
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Jefferson City is awash in taxpayer cash. Missouri’s state...
This Sandwich Costs $1,500 and Takes 6 Months to Make
No, I didn’t relinquish my title as Director of Education Policy at SMI to become the Institute’s new food critic,...
If You Haven’t Registered For Our July 31 Friedman Legacy Day Events, What Are You Waiting For?
For a number of years now, we have partnered with the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice to celebrate the...
Give Tax Cuts A Chance
Perched atop his ivory tower, Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize winning economist, has declared that the tax cuts enacted by...
The Best Bargain I Ever Made
As first appearing in the September 30, 2013, print edition of The Weekly Standard: Though I never met the man,...
Opposing Tax Cuts, Supporting Bigger Government, And The Wisdom Of Milton Friedman
Few economists of the 20th Century had as wide and substantive an impact on the political discourse as Milton Friedman....
A State of Arrogance
Rather than watch the State of the Union address on television, I opted to read President Barack Obama’s remarks, which...
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...
Wasting Green on Going Green
If you care about going green, you should care about internalizing the costs of pollution. If you care about sustainability,...
The Scales of Justice
There’s an article on the Wall Street Journal‘s website about fishing rights in New England. It’s a very interesting case....
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...
Tax Credits Aren’t Always a Good Idea
The state of Missouri, like other state governments, offers tax credits that can be applied against both corporate and individual...
