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A Legacy of Liberty: 20 Years of Show-Me Institute

A Legacy of Liberty: 20 Years of Show-Me Institute

Feb 11, 2025

Founded in 2005 by Rex Sinquefield, Crosby Kemper III, and Michael Podgursky, the Show-Me Institute has spent two decades championing...

Next Gen Connection with Show-Me Institute

Next Gen Connection with Show-Me Institute

Mar 29, 2024

Join the Show-Me Institute for ‘Next Gen Connection: Facts and Fair Arguments from a Free Market Perspective’ on April 9th...

WATCH: Jason L. Riley on the Life of Thomas Sowell

WATCH: Jason L. Riley on the Life of Thomas Sowell

Apr 21, 2023

On April 19, 2023 the Show-Me Institute hosted Jason L. Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and columnist for...

St. Louis Airport Privatization Documents

St. Louis Airport Privatization Documents

Sep 4, 2018

Last year, the City of St. Louis applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to relinquish St. Louis Lambert Airport...

Kansas City Star Editorial Board Gets Subsidies Wrong Again

Kansas City Star Editorial Board Gets Subsidies Wrong Again

Feb 3, 2016

The Kansas City Star editorial board published the following in a piece on the earnings tax on January 28: A spokesman for the...

That’s Why We Need More School Choice

That’s Why We Need More School Choice

Oct 13, 2014

Lorrine and Naomi Goodloe. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected] As someone who studies the issue of education policy quite closely,...

I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills

I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills

May 29, 2014

On May 16, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board invoked the historic Brown vs. the Board of Education case in a...

It Is Called ‘Fact-Checking,’ Rolling Stone, And You Should Try It

It Is Called ‘Fact-Checking,’ Rolling Stone, And You Should Try It

Apr 23, 2013

Let’s cut to the chase. Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone magazine has jumped on the American Federation of Teachers “blacklist bandwagon.” As...

Taxes Do Harm Growth

Taxes Do Harm Growth

Feb 11, 2013

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in its Sat., Feb. 2, 2013, editorial, attacked Rex Sinquefield, the Show-Me Institute, legislators, and anyone...

Memo To The Post-Dispatch: Taxes Kill Growth

Memo To The Post-Dispatch: Taxes Kill Growth

Feb 4, 2013

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an editorial this weekend that attacked the Show-Me Institute and one of its founders, Rex Sinquefield,...

Rex Sinquefield on The McGraw Show

Rex Sinquefield on The McGraw Show

Dec 6, 2012

In an hour-long interview with host McGraw Milhaven on the Big 550 KTRS, Show-Me President Rex Sinquefield spelled out the...

Kansas Governor Earns ‘A’ On Fiscal Report Card; Missouri Governor Gets ‘C’

Kansas Governor Earns ‘A’ On Fiscal Report Card; Missouri Governor Gets ‘C’

Oct 10, 2012

On Tuesday, the Cato Institute published the latest edition of its Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors, a biennial...

KTRS Appearance: Economic Tsunami Headed for Missouri?

KTRS Appearance: Economic Tsunami Headed for Missouri?

Oct 9, 2012

Kansas has slashed its tax rates, and Show-Me Institute President Rex Sinquefield thinks that means big trouble for Missouri. He...

A Kansas-Missouri Economic Border War Chat With Rex Sinquefield

A Kansas-Missouri Economic Border War Chat With Rex Sinquefield

Oct 9, 2012

Kansas has slashed its taxes, and Show-Me Institute President Rex Sinquefield thinks that means big trouble for Missouri. He talked...

Rex Sinquefield on the Radio with Charlie Brennan

Rex Sinquefield on the Radio with Charlie Brennan

Jul 23, 2012

Radio Host Charlie Brennan named Rex Sinquefield one of his five individuals “Most Crucial to the St. Louis Region” in...

How Well Do Financial Markets Work?

How Well Do Financial Markets Work?

Jan 9, 2012

In the final Show-Me Forum of 2011, Missouri Bankers Chair John Howe and Show-Me Institute President Rex Sinquefield discuss the...

‘Aerotropolis’ Bill: A Giant Step Backwards in Public Policy

‘Aerotropolis’ Bill: A Giant Step Backwards in Public Policy

Sep 2, 2011

For many years, I have worked to promote free-market solutions to a broad range of public policy issues in the...

An Open Response to St. Louis Magazine Co-Owner Ray Hartmann

An Open Response to St. Louis Magazine Co-Owner Ray Hartmann

Aug 26, 2011

Yesterday, St. Louis Magazine co-founder Ray Hartmann wrote about how the Show-Me Institute has been raising questions regarding a proposal...

Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy

Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy

Sep 2, 2010

On Jan. 20, 2006, the Show-Me Institute sponsored a luncheon featuring this presentation of "Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy."...

“Rightsizing State Government”

“Rightsizing State Government”

Mar 18, 2010

I stole the title for this blog entry from Gov. Jay Nixon’s speech the other day. I haven’t discussed it sooner,...

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