Wayne Winegarden
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Inflation, Drug Price Controls, and President Biden’s Build Back Better Program
Inflation is worrying Americans, and for good reason. The latest inflation report, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released on November 10th, showed that prices were 6.2 percent higher in October 2021 compared to October 2020. More troubling, this was the fifth month in a row where the annual growth in ...
Climate Change
Expand competitive power markets, not regulations and subsidies, to address global climate change
The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow is finally upon us. Yet, despite all the previous meetings and government pledges, global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) have not yet peaked. In fact, if current policies continue unabated, ...
Business & Economics
Federal Covid-19 Response Hurt Small Business, Threatens Future Of American Entrepreneurship
Small business owners and entrepreneurs have plenty of barriers to success without considering the costs from the COVID-19 pandemic. High and excessively complex tax laws, the anti-growth reconciliation bill, and regulatory burdens like the pending congressional “Right to Work” bill and California’s AB5 law that is going national through the PRO ...
Blog
Getting the Drug Spending Facts Right
In a typical rant, Senator Sanders claimed in a September 15th press release that “at a time when the drug companies are charging us by far the highest prices in the world, Congress must demand that Medicare negotiate prices with this extremely greedy and powerful industry.” The Senator clearly misunderstands ...
Business & Economics
To Flip the Switch on Global Warming, Embrace Competitive Energy Markets
If Willie Phillips, President Biden’s nominee to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Democrats will take a 3-2 majority on this important body that oversees the delivery of reliable and affordable power for the American people. If the Biden administration really wants ...
Drug Pricing
Watch Wayne Winegarden Discuss Drug Pricing Reform with Scripps National News
Watch Dr. Wayne Winegarden, director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, discuss his recent study showing how a two-part drug pricing system would ensure prices more accurately reflect how patients value drugs with Scripps National News. The report aired on 60 television stations in 42 markets across the ...
Business & Economics
It’s The Private, Not Public, Sector That Will Overcome Our Challenges
Whether it is investing in infrastructure or addressing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, President Biden and the Democratic Congress continue to believe that the government is the main driver of growth and innovation. This errant belief threatens our fiscal solvency and our ability to solve the serious problems we face as ...
Business & Economics
The SEC Is Considering Rules That Would Discourage Transparency And Encourage Inaccuracy
The SEC, under former Chairman Jay Clayton, issued a rule that improved the proxy advisory services market by promoting transparency and holding proxy firms more accountable for inaccuracies. Rather than implementing the necessary improvements to these reforms, Chairman Gary Gensler intends to roll-back the progress already made. Proxy advisory firms ...
Blog
President Reagan’s Famous Line Aptly Describes Governor Newsom’s Electric Vehicle Subsidies
Paraphrasing President Reagan, “California’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” In this case, Governor Newsom wants electric vehicles to move – both literally and figuratively. ...
Climate Change
The SEC Risks Misinformation If Standardized And Detailed Climate Risks Disclosures Are Adopted
Based on the well-established materiality standard, public companies must disclose any potential financial risks from global climate change. The SEC is questioning whether these disclosures are inadequate, and is considering additional more detailed and standardized disclosure standards. Imposing such standards would be costly for public companies and will lessen investors ...
Inflation, Drug Price Controls, and President Biden’s Build Back Better Program
Inflation is worrying Americans, and for good reason. The latest inflation report, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released on November 10th, showed that prices were 6.2 percent higher in October 2021 compared to October 2020. More troubling, this was the fifth month in a row where the annual growth in ...
Expand competitive power markets, not regulations and subsidies, to address global climate change
The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow is finally upon us. Yet, despite all the previous meetings and government pledges, global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) have not yet peaked. In fact, if current policies continue unabated, ...
Federal Covid-19 Response Hurt Small Business, Threatens Future Of American Entrepreneurship
Small business owners and entrepreneurs have plenty of barriers to success without considering the costs from the COVID-19 pandemic. High and excessively complex tax laws, the anti-growth reconciliation bill, and regulatory burdens like the pending congressional “Right to Work” bill and California’s AB5 law that is going national through the PRO ...
Getting the Drug Spending Facts Right
In a typical rant, Senator Sanders claimed in a September 15th press release that “at a time when the drug companies are charging us by far the highest prices in the world, Congress must demand that Medicare negotiate prices with this extremely greedy and powerful industry.” The Senator clearly misunderstands ...
To Flip the Switch on Global Warming, Embrace Competitive Energy Markets
If Willie Phillips, President Biden’s nominee to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Democrats will take a 3-2 majority on this important body that oversees the delivery of reliable and affordable power for the American people. If the Biden administration really wants ...
Watch Wayne Winegarden Discuss Drug Pricing Reform with Scripps National News
Watch Dr. Wayne Winegarden, director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, discuss his recent study showing how a two-part drug pricing system would ensure prices more accurately reflect how patients value drugs with Scripps National News. The report aired on 60 television stations in 42 markets across the ...
It’s The Private, Not Public, Sector That Will Overcome Our Challenges
Whether it is investing in infrastructure or addressing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, President Biden and the Democratic Congress continue to believe that the government is the main driver of growth and innovation. This errant belief threatens our fiscal solvency and our ability to solve the serious problems we face as ...
The SEC Is Considering Rules That Would Discourage Transparency And Encourage Inaccuracy
The SEC, under former Chairman Jay Clayton, issued a rule that improved the proxy advisory services market by promoting transparency and holding proxy firms more accountable for inaccuracies. Rather than implementing the necessary improvements to these reforms, Chairman Gary Gensler intends to roll-back the progress already made. Proxy advisory firms ...
President Reagan’s Famous Line Aptly Describes Governor Newsom’s Electric Vehicle Subsidies
Paraphrasing President Reagan, “California’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” In this case, Governor Newsom wants electric vehicles to move – both literally and figuratively. ...
The SEC Risks Misinformation If Standardized And Detailed Climate Risks Disclosures Are Adopted
Based on the well-established materiality standard, public companies must disclose any potential financial risks from global climate change. The SEC is questioning whether these disclosures are inadequate, and is considering additional more detailed and standardized disclosure standards. Imposing such standards would be costly for public companies and will lessen investors ...
