Whole Foods CEO Speaks on Markets
Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO John Mackey recently “spoke up to defend free markets,” as a Wall Street Journal...
Beware the Perils of Corporate Welfare: An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
Amazon is amazing. Just amazing. In just 20 years as a public company, it has experienced a thousand-fold growth in...
City Should Reject Central West End TIFs
Recently, the Saint Louis Business Journal reported that Koman Group, a real estate developer, plans to add to two apartment...
Riding to the Hounds of Corporate Welfare
Oscar Wilde famously defined foxhunting as “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.” His quip aptly describes a sport...
New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Are you listening, Missouri lawmakers? This is the Ghost of Christmas Past....
Tax Subsidies For The Wealthy
Tax Increment Financing is one of the most common forms of local government corporate welfare. Here in Saint Louis, developers...
McGraw Milhaven – David Stokes on KTRS
David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven’s KTRS radio program. In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss...
Free Market for Farmers’ Markets
There’s an interesting editorial in the Kansas City Star written by somebody who was revolted by a front page photo of...
Local Food Is Not the Answer to Economic Ills
Some locavores argue that the government should encourage local food consumption in order to create a more stable and sustainable...
John Mackey on Consumer-Driven Health Care
The Wall Street Journal published an interview with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, on Saturday. Among other interesting topics,...
The Power of Saying “No”
When we were still dating, my wife once said to me: “I don’t like to be told ‘no.'” “No” is...
“Buycott” for Organic Foods
When John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods, wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, he hardly could have...
Let’s Talk About Tort Reform!
This is one of those topics with a good chance of starting an argument, which would be swell fun for everyone....
Looks Like I’ll Be Shopping at Whole Foods More Often Now
What is the opposite of a boycott?
