
Read the new book from Sally Pipes “The World’s Medicine Chest”
Sally C. Pipes
February 4, 2025
Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. <The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through ...
Disaster plans: Cities persist with pointless climate ‘action’
D. Dowd Muska
August 28, 2025
Disaster plans: Cities persist with pointless climate ‘action’ “We’ve lost the culture war on climate, and we have to figure out a way for it to not be a niche leftist movement.” — Jody Freeman, Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program, ...
Read the latest from PRI's Free Cities Center
You have rights to your property, not to control others
Steven Greenhut
August 27, 2025
Everything in this world does seem nonsensical, especially as we consider the issue of land-use regulation and California’s efforts (led by progressives) to jump-start housing construction by—yes, you heard this right—reducing the role of government in dictating what we can ...
In America’s Education Darkness, Catholic Schools Are a Bright Spot
Lance Izumi
August 26, 2025
On the 2024 NAEP eighth-grade reading test, Catholic-school students scored 20 points higher than public school students. On the eighth-grade math test, Catholic-school eighth graders scored 21 points higher than their public-school peers. According to education policy analyst Matt Ladner, ...
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Read part 3 of a series on drug pricing
Regulations, Not Anticompetitive Actions, Are Obstructing Drug Competition
The flaws driving up costs across the broader health care landscape are also driving up the costs for innovative drugs. After all, pharmaceuticals are an ...
Learn about the latest Newsom plan on homelessness
Fixing Years Of Missteps On Homelessness
“There’s nothing compassionate about letting people die on the streets,” Newson said announcing the model ordinance. The plan would make it unlawful to set up ...
New PRI Brief Warns Trump Drug Price Control Policies Would Lead U.S. Down the Path to European-Style Socialism
SACRAMENTO – The Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute – a nonpartisan, California-based, free market think tank – today released ...
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