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Could Mark Cuban’s new pharmaceutical venture be a slam dunk?
By Wayne Winegarden and Celine Bookin Billionaire investor Mark Cuban’s pharmaceutical company, the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, is hoping to disrupt the pharmaceutical benefit management (PBM) industry with a new venture that seeks to address some of the most criticized practices of the industry. These include PBMs pocketing rather ...
Education
Alicia Jessop – How the Free Market is Benefitting Student Athletes Following Landmark Court Ruling
Alicia Jessop, associate professor at Pepperdine University, sports industry leader, attorney, and journalist, discusses the massive changes to college athletics that have resulted from the change in name, image, and likeness regulations earlier this year. Jessop and Evan Harris of PRI’s Young Leaders Circle discuss how college athlete compensation has ...
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On EV Tax Credits, Who Will Democrats Side With? Unions or Environmentalists?
By Wayne Winegarden and Tim Anaya The last time we checked in on the debate over expanding federal electric car subsidies this summer, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) – citing PRI’s research showing they overwhelmingly benefit the rich – led the U.S. Senate in a bipartisan vote to ensure future credits ...
Business & Economics
New study analyzes how federal relief efforts impact small business, innovation amid Covid pandemic
By Sarah Downey | Nov 9, 2021 As Californians and families nationwide struggle with rising prices, concerns persist about the extent to which federal relief programs have increased barriers to economic opportunity and contributed to historic inflation. “The federal government’s response to the pandemic’s economic consequences have been a failure,” ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden – How Government Policy Made the Pandemic Worse for Entrepreneurs
PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the final paper in his “Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity” series on entrepreneurship. Wayne discusses how well-intentioned government policies enacted during the pandemic, such as eviction moratoriums and massive spending increases, actually made the pre-pandemic problems ...
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Been There, Done That on “Making it Rain” in High Tax, Big Spending States
Been There, Done That on “Making it Rain” in High Tax, Big Spending States Democrats in Congress representing high tax, big spending states like California are pushing for restoration of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction in the budget reconciliation bill. But restoring the full SALT Deduction would “make ...
California
Howard Husock – The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It
American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and Philanthropy Roundtable Executive Senior Fellow Howard Husock joins us to discuss his new book on housing policy, The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It. We discuss various “housing reform” movements over the past century that actually wiped away once-thriving neighborhoods and ...
Business & Economics
Jon Miltimore – The Push for Socialism and Economic Restrictions in the Name of the Pandemic
Enjoy this recent conversation between Jon Miltimore of the Foundation for Economic Education and PRI’s Evan Harris for our Young Leaders Circle Speaker Series. They discuss socialism, progressive politics, economic news, and the latest pandemic restrictions.
California
Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson – California Migrating
Our guests in this podcast are Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics and Kerry Jackson, PRI fellow on California Reform. Wayne and Kerry co-authored PRI’s new study “California Migrating,” which reveals the root causes of the outmigration by California residents and businesses. The state’s detrimental policies have ...
Education
Lance Izumi Discusses Homeschool Boom on KFBK Morning News
Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the rise in homeschooling in California and his new book, The Homeschool Boom on the KFBK Morning News in Sacramento.
Could Mark Cuban’s new pharmaceutical venture be a slam dunk?
By Wayne Winegarden and Celine Bookin Billionaire investor Mark Cuban’s pharmaceutical company, the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, is hoping to disrupt the pharmaceutical benefit management (PBM) industry with a new venture that seeks to address some of the most criticized practices of the industry. These include PBMs pocketing rather ...
Alicia Jessop – How the Free Market is Benefitting Student Athletes Following Landmark Court Ruling
Alicia Jessop, associate professor at Pepperdine University, sports industry leader, attorney, and journalist, discusses the massive changes to college athletics that have resulted from the change in name, image, and likeness regulations earlier this year. Jessop and Evan Harris of PRI’s Young Leaders Circle discuss how college athlete compensation has ...
On EV Tax Credits, Who Will Democrats Side With? Unions or Environmentalists?
By Wayne Winegarden and Tim Anaya The last time we checked in on the debate over expanding federal electric car subsidies this summer, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) – citing PRI’s research showing they overwhelmingly benefit the rich – led the U.S. Senate in a bipartisan vote to ensure future credits ...
New study analyzes how federal relief efforts impact small business, innovation amid Covid pandemic
By Sarah Downey | Nov 9, 2021 As Californians and families nationwide struggle with rising prices, concerns persist about the extent to which federal relief programs have increased barriers to economic opportunity and contributed to historic inflation. “The federal government’s response to the pandemic’s economic consequences have been a failure,” ...
Wayne Winegarden – How Government Policy Made the Pandemic Worse for Entrepreneurs
PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the final paper in his “Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity” series on entrepreneurship. Wayne discusses how well-intentioned government policies enacted during the pandemic, such as eviction moratoriums and massive spending increases, actually made the pre-pandemic problems ...
Been There, Done That on “Making it Rain” in High Tax, Big Spending States
Been There, Done That on “Making it Rain” in High Tax, Big Spending States Democrats in Congress representing high tax, big spending states like California are pushing for restoration of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction in the budget reconciliation bill. But restoring the full SALT Deduction would “make ...
Howard Husock – The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It
American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and Philanthropy Roundtable Executive Senior Fellow Howard Husock joins us to discuss his new book on housing policy, The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It. We discuss various “housing reform” movements over the past century that actually wiped away once-thriving neighborhoods and ...
Jon Miltimore – The Push for Socialism and Economic Restrictions in the Name of the Pandemic
Enjoy this recent conversation between Jon Miltimore of the Foundation for Economic Education and PRI’s Evan Harris for our Young Leaders Circle Speaker Series. They discuss socialism, progressive politics, economic news, and the latest pandemic restrictions.
Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson – California Migrating
Our guests in this podcast are Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics and Kerry Jackson, PRI fellow on California Reform. Wayne and Kerry co-authored PRI’s new study “California Migrating,” which reveals the root causes of the outmigration by California residents and businesses. The state’s detrimental policies have ...
Lance Izumi Discusses Homeschool Boom on KFBK Morning News
Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the rise in homeschooling in California and his new book, The Homeschool Boom on the KFBK Morning News in Sacramento.
