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PRI’s 2021 Holiday Book List
Right by the Bay is proud to present our annual tradition – PRI’s 2021 holiday book list. Each year, we offer suggestions for the booklover on your holiday shopping list. This year’s selections include fiction, classics, books on history and sports, and books that will make you think. With ...
Podcast
Melanie Kirkpatrick – All About Thanksgiving
This week’s podcast guest is Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience. Melanie Kirkpatrick is the former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal and is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. In her book, you’ll learn what really happened on the ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Talks Impact of Biden Plan on Entrepreneurship in USA Today
‘Crazy’ or ‘much ado about nothing’? How Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan could affect inflation By Paul Davidson The White House says its sprawling Build Back Better legislation will create a new foundation for American households, a kind of social infrastructure for low- and middle-class families. Many Republicans and ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Discusses Impact on Biden Plan on Economy, Entrepreneurship in Detroit News
“Everything is going up” on Thanksgiving Menu By Breana Noble and Candice Williams Michiganians should expect to pay more for Thanksgiving dinner this year as labor shortages, inflation, and other supply-chain issues lead to increasing prices at the grocery store . . . “Boring Uncle Joe is going to be ...
Education
Lance Izumi discusses Homeschool Boom on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss his new book The Homeschool Boom on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Lance Izumi – Parents pull kids from public school over demand to teach CRT
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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 ...
PRI’s 2021 Holiday Book List
Right by the Bay is proud to present our annual tradition – PRI’s 2021 holiday book list. Each year, we offer suggestions for the booklover on your holiday shopping list. This year’s selections include fiction, classics, books on history and sports, and books that will make you think. With ...
Melanie Kirkpatrick – All About Thanksgiving
This week’s podcast guest is Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience. Melanie Kirkpatrick is the former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal and is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. In her book, you’ll learn what really happened on the ...
Wayne Winegarden Talks Impact of Biden Plan on Entrepreneurship in USA Today
‘Crazy’ or ‘much ado about nothing’? How Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan could affect inflation By Paul Davidson The White House says its sprawling Build Back Better legislation will create a new foundation for American households, a kind of social infrastructure for low- and middle-class families. Many Republicans and ...
Wayne Winegarden Discusses Impact on Biden Plan on Economy, Entrepreneurship in Detroit News
“Everything is going up” on Thanksgiving Menu By Breana Noble and Candice Williams Michiganians should expect to pay more for Thanksgiving dinner this year as labor shortages, inflation, and other supply-chain issues lead to increasing prices at the grocery store . . . “Boring Uncle Joe is going to be ...
Lance Izumi discusses Homeschool Boom on Lars Larson Show
Listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi discuss his new book The Homeschool Boom on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Lance Izumi – Parents pull kids from public school over demand to teach CRT
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 ...
