Pacific Research Institute
California
Steven Greenhut – Bail Reform, Bailouts, and Brown’s Legacy . . . Oh My! The 2018 Legislative Session in Review
Steven Greenhut of the R Street Institute shares his thoughts on the just-completed 2018 legislative session and Jerry Brown’s legacy as governor, the second go-around. We discuss wildfire response legislation, bail reform, 100 percent renewable energy mandates, single-payer health care, soda taxes, and other hot issues.
Blog
What We’re Watching – Left or Liberal?
Kerry Jackson – Left or Liberal? I have been waging a (miserably ineffectual) one-man campaign for nearly 25 years trying to restore the proper use of “liberal.” So this first video is right in my wheelhouse. I do take one exception with Prager’s explanation, though, a true liberal, that is ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Discusses California’s Pension Monster on “The DeMaio Report”
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss his new chartbook and study on California’s $1 trillion pension monster with Carl DeMaio on “The DeMaio Report” on KOGO Radio in San Diego.
Blog
The September Issue
By Sally C. Pipes and Rowena Itchon “In the occasionally parallel universe of fashion magazines,” writes Matthew Schneier, style editor of the New York Times, “the calendar diverges from the standard. The Gregorian does not apply. For fashion magazines, September is Christmas. September is your birthday. September is New Year’s ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses Single-Payer Push by Young Doctors on Dr. Drew Midday Live
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss the push for single-payer health care and her recent column in the Washington Examiner on the problem of younger doctors embracing single-payer in medical school on the “Dr. Drew Midday Live” show with ...
Drug Importation
Sally Pipes Featured in Newsmax Article on Dangers of Prescription Drug Importation
Cheaper Prescription Drugs Through Deregulation, Not Importation By Jared Whitley Healthcare is frequently a sore spot for the United States in international comparisons. We conservatives like to insist that “America is No. 1,” and when leftists want to take the wind out of our sails, the first thing they point ...
Blog
New PRI Chartbook Shows California’s Public Pension Monster Has Grown to Nearly $1 Trillion
A new chartbook released today from the Pacific Research Institute shows that California’s unfunded public employee pension debt problem is far worse than imagined – nearly $1 trillion. Click here to download a copy of the PRI chartbook. Click here to download a copy of the accompanying study. Click here ...
Agriculture
Nationally-Renowned Scholar Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., Joins Pacific Research Institute as Senior Fellow in Health Care
Former Hoover Fellow’s Research Will Focus on Genetic Engineering, Evidence-Based Medicine, Regulatory Reform SAN FRANCISCO – The Pacific Research Institute, California’s leading free-market think tank, today announced the hiring of nationally-renowned scholar and researcher and former Hoover Institution fellow Dr. Henry Miller as a Senior Fellow in Health Care. At ...
California
Michael Thom – Are Film Subsidies A Good Deal for California Taxpayers?
USC Public Policy Professor Michael Thom joins us to discuss his research exploring whether California’s film and television tax credits are a good deal for taxpayers and whether they make a difference in attracting or retaining jobs and economic activity to the state.
Blog
What We’re Watching – Labor Day Memories
Rowena Itchon – Remembering Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement We can’t forget this Labor Day weekend Lech Walesa and the ship workers of Gdansk, Poland. The Solidarity movement would eventually help bring down Communism and win back freedom for the eastern bloc. Tim Anaya – Remembering A Labor Day ...
Steven Greenhut – Bail Reform, Bailouts, and Brown’s Legacy . . . Oh My! The 2018 Legislative Session in Review
Steven Greenhut of the R Street Institute shares his thoughts on the just-completed 2018 legislative session and Jerry Brown’s legacy as governor, the second go-around. We discuss wildfire response legislation, bail reform, 100 percent renewable energy mandates, single-payer health care, soda taxes, and other hot issues.
What We’re Watching – Left or Liberal?
Kerry Jackson – Left or Liberal? I have been waging a (miserably ineffectual) one-man campaign for nearly 25 years trying to restore the proper use of “liberal.” So this first video is right in my wheelhouse. I do take one exception with Prager’s explanation, though, a true liberal, that is ...
Wayne Winegarden Discusses California’s Pension Monster on “The DeMaio Report”
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss his new chartbook and study on California’s $1 trillion pension monster with Carl DeMaio on “The DeMaio Report” on KOGO Radio in San Diego.
The September Issue
By Sally C. Pipes and Rowena Itchon “In the occasionally parallel universe of fashion magazines,” writes Matthew Schneier, style editor of the New York Times, “the calendar diverges from the standard. The Gregorian does not apply. For fashion magazines, September is Christmas. September is your birthday. September is New Year’s ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Single-Payer Push by Young Doctors on Dr. Drew Midday Live
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss the push for single-payer health care and her recent column in the Washington Examiner on the problem of younger doctors embracing single-payer in medical school on the “Dr. Drew Midday Live” show with ...
Sally Pipes Featured in Newsmax Article on Dangers of Prescription Drug Importation
Cheaper Prescription Drugs Through Deregulation, Not Importation By Jared Whitley Healthcare is frequently a sore spot for the United States in international comparisons. We conservatives like to insist that “America is No. 1,” and when leftists want to take the wind out of our sails, the first thing they point ...
New PRI Chartbook Shows California’s Public Pension Monster Has Grown to Nearly $1 Trillion
A new chartbook released today from the Pacific Research Institute shows that California’s unfunded public employee pension debt problem is far worse than imagined – nearly $1 trillion. Click here to download a copy of the PRI chartbook. Click here to download a copy of the accompanying study. Click here ...
Nationally-Renowned Scholar Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., Joins Pacific Research Institute as Senior Fellow in Health Care
Former Hoover Fellow’s Research Will Focus on Genetic Engineering, Evidence-Based Medicine, Regulatory Reform SAN FRANCISCO – The Pacific Research Institute, California’s leading free-market think tank, today announced the hiring of nationally-renowned scholar and researcher and former Hoover Institution fellow Dr. Henry Miller as a Senior Fellow in Health Care. At ...
Michael Thom – Are Film Subsidies A Good Deal for California Taxpayers?
USC Public Policy Professor Michael Thom joins us to discuss his research exploring whether California’s film and television tax credits are a good deal for taxpayers and whether they make a difference in attracting or retaining jobs and economic activity to the state.
What We’re Watching – Labor Day Memories
Rowena Itchon – Remembering Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement We can’t forget this Labor Day weekend Lech Walesa and the ship workers of Gdansk, Poland. The Solidarity movement would eventually help bring down Communism and win back freedom for the eastern bloc. Tim Anaya – Remembering A Labor Day ...
