Good Ideas Done Poorly in Jefferson and Perry Counties
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. As systems evolve and become more complex over...
Opportunities Squandered in St. Louis Affect All of Missouri
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. Opportunity cost. The concept is so simple that a...
Corruption Allegations: Disappointing but Hardly Surprising
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. In 1977, the Chicago Sun Times newspaper bought...
More on the Earnings Tax
We have written several times about the earnings tax in recent weeks and its detrimental economic effects. On Tuesday, voters...
Should You Pay the Earnings Tax in Wildwood?
At a mayoral candidate forum last week hosted by the St. Louis Business-Journal, the topic of the St. Louis earnings...
A Tired Tale of Incentives
According to an article from the St. Louis Business Journal, the developers behind the Iron Hill complex (a 14-acre development...
What’s Wrong with St. Louis Economic Development Incentives? Everything
Growing a business is difficult. Business owners who have successfully overcome all the usual obstacles have my respect. Policymakers can...
Missouri’s Biggest Cities Spend $100 Million Annually Just to Give Away Money!
An excellent story in the St. Louis Business Journal points out that according to a recent study by the Milken...
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...
$100 Million Here, $400 Million There-Are We Talking Real Money Yet?
Recently, the Saint Louis Business Journal reported that the Saint Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (CVC) is pushing for a...
Show-Me Now! Ballpark Village Tax Breaks
While Ballpark Village benefits from generous tax breaks, other bars and restaurants near Busch Stadium are paying their full share....
Op-ed: Proposed Amendment 7 Is Bad Policy
Today, the St. Louis Business Journal printed my commentary on why the proposed Amendment 7, which would implement a 0.75-cent...
Clayton Seeks Four-Leaf Clover Of Tax Increases
As first appearing in the St. Louis Business Journal: Like a mischievous Leprechaun sporting a four-leaf clover, the city of...
Reform, Not Spending, Should Top Agenda
As first appearing in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 24, 2014: A year ago at this time, Missouri...
An Aerotropolis Intensity Gap?
Here is a fun graph from a (non-scientific) online poll on Aerotropolis from the St. Louis Business Journal, which not...
It’s Still a Flight of Fancy
Last week, Jeff Rainford, Saint Louis Mayor Francis Slay’s chief of staff, wrote to the St. Louis Business Journal in...
Aerotropolis Tax Credits Are Still a Bad Idea
Today, the St. Louis Business Journal published a letter by Jeff Rainford, chief of staff for Saint Louis Mayor Francis...
Two Thumbs Down for Downtown Theater Subsidy
Last Friday’s St. Louis Business Journal reports that movies will soon return to downtown St. Louis more than eight years after...
Show-Me Institute in the Media
The primary purpose of Show-Me Daily is to facilitate conversation and debate about policy issues in Missouri, from a free-market...
Graphic in the St. Louis Business Journal Raises More Questions
In a St. Louis Business Journal editorial, the chief operating officer of a development company praises low-income housing tax credits...
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