A Free-Market Guide to Zoning with David Stokes
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Show-Me Institute Director of Municipal Policy David Stokes about his new paper in the Free-Market Guide...
What I Would Like to See from the Resurrected Trolley
The Bi-State Development Agency has granted the Loop Trolley a new lease on life. Given the trolley’s poor track record,...
What Should Washington University Do with All of That Money?
Should non-profits pay taxes? Well, as someone who works at a small non-profit and believes in low taxes, I am...
SMI Podcast: Chris Pope – A New Plan for Medicaid
Listen Here Read Chris’s full report: A Plan to Make Medicaid Fair, Focused, and Accountable Chris Pope is a senior...
Missouri Medicaid Division Confirms Expansion Will Break Budget
Medicaid expansion was never going to be “free” for Missouri, and now we have even more evidence that expansion would be...
Uh Oh: Are Medicaid Expansion Savings Built on False Promises?
Supporters of expanding Medicaid in Missouri argue that expansion will save the state money. Washington University and the Missouri Budget...
The Myth of “Free” Medicaid Expansion
How do you pull the wool over taxpayers’ eyes in making a financial obligation totaling more than $2 billion disappear...
David French on Free Speech
On October 11, National Review Institute Senior Fellow David French was at Washington University in Saint Louis to deliver a...
Cheerleading Won’t Make the MLS Stadium a Good Deal for Taxpayers
This past week I’ve been discussing plans to write a $60 million taxpayer check to potential owners of a Major...
Does Saint Louis Have an Illegal Tax?
On February 1, a Saint Louis City business filed suit against the city, claiming that the municipal payroll tax was...
Standing Up to Hardball Tactics
Jennifer Parrish, who operates a daycare business out of her home in Minnesota, was first approached by the Service Employees...
Default Rates among Missouri Colleges and Universities
The table below (data from the U.S. Department of Education) displays default rates for Missouri colleges and universities over a...
Property Taxes Will Not Save the Saint Louis Stadium Plan
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on a study done by Harvard Business School graduates (one of whom is from Chesterfield) on...
Saint Louis Property Taxes, Part 4: All Together Now
In the first three blog posts in this series (here, here, and here), we have seen how Saint Louis City’s...
Washington University Faculty Oppose Public Dollars for Stadium; Planners Promise Brew Pub
As we have mentioned many times before, economists are virtually unanimous in their agreement that publicly funded sports stadiums are...
Saint Louis Property Taxes, Part 2: The Nonprofits
In my first post on property taxes in Saint Louis City, I discussed how the city’s...
Some Comments on a Minimum Wage Testimony
There’s been a lot said on the prospect of increasing the minimum wage in Saint Louis. A lot of that...
Diverting City Tax Dollars To Subsidize The Loop Trolley
Earlier this week, a U.S. District Court dismissed a lawsuit against the Loop Trolley Transportation Development District (TDD), clearing the...
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,...
Transforming Vacant Land
Usually, food on trains is nothing to brag about. A quick Google search showed that Amtrak actually has a chicken...
