Wayne Winegarden
Business & Economics
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Talks Tax Reform on Sirius XM Radio
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss the latest developments in the debate over tax reform in Washington with host Tim Farley on the Sirius XM POTUS channel’s “Morning Briefing”. Click here to listen to the interview.
Commentary
Myths and Realities of the Health Care Affordability Problem
According to the five-second rule, you can still eat your food that has fallen on the floor, so long as you picked it up within five seconds. Only, this common perception is bad advice. In reality, if a person eats food that has fallen on a dirty floor, he risks ...
Business & Economics
Well-Meaning Drug Discount Program Encourages Hospitals to Profit Rather than Effectively Serve Poor
A new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute finds that a program to give discounted prescription drugs to poor Americans is riddled with abuse, has created a perverse incentive for providers to profit instead of effectively serve the poor, and is hurting overall health care quality. Click here ...
Blog
Why Did the Government Swallow the 340B Fly?
Much like the old lady who swallowed a fly, the federal government has swallowed a fly over a well-meaning program designed to help the poor afford prescription drugs called 340B. Instead of ensuring the poor have low-cost drugs, 340B has created an incentive for hospitals to profit. Click here to ...
Business & Economics
Fiscal Conservatives Should Support Tax Reform
This week, the U.S. Senate is slated to vote on comprehensive tax reform. But some fiscal hawks are worried about the bill’s impact on the deficit. In the short term, these lawmakers are right to worry. Contrary to the analyses of some optimistic supporters, the tax cuts probably won’t pay ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Talks GOP Tax Reform Plan on Bloomberg Radio
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden talks with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz of Bloomberg Radio about the latest developments with the GOP tax plan, whether cutting corporate taxes stimulates economic growth, and the effort to repeal the individual mandate as part of tax reform legislation. Click here to listen.
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Talks Tax Reform on Sirius XM Patriot Tonight
Listen to Wayne Winegarden, Senior Fellow in Business & Economics at the Pacific Research Institute, talk with Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas Sarwark about the big things tripping up the tax reform debate on Sirius XM “Patriot Tonight”.
Blog
Some Positive Tax Changes . . . But We Still Need Tax Reform
With the release of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the long-awaited tax bill has been released. The most pro-growth aspects would change the U.S. corporate income tax system. Corporate income taxes have become a large economic disincentive against investing in the U.S. The TCJA reduces the corporate income ...
Blog
The Price Control Hammer Will Break the Health Care System
From California to Washington D.C. legislators continue to confirm Abraham Kaplan’s famous insight that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” In the case of our legislators, that hammer is price controls; and, what needs pounding is the price of ...
Business & Economics
Price Controls Will Reduce Innovation and Health Outcomes
Abraham Kaplan famously noted that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” Put differently, solving problems requires the right tool, not the convenient tool. Congress should remember this wisdom in its upcoming deliberations regarding the cost of prescription drugs. The ...
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Talks Tax Reform on Sirius XM Radio
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss the latest developments in the debate over tax reform in Washington with host Tim Farley on the Sirius XM POTUS channel’s “Morning Briefing”. Click here to listen to the interview.
Myths and Realities of the Health Care Affordability Problem
According to the five-second rule, you can still eat your food that has fallen on the floor, so long as you picked it up within five seconds. Only, this common perception is bad advice. In reality, if a person eats food that has fallen on a dirty floor, he risks ...
Well-Meaning Drug Discount Program Encourages Hospitals to Profit Rather than Effectively Serve Poor
A new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute finds that a program to give discounted prescription drugs to poor Americans is riddled with abuse, has created a perverse incentive for providers to profit instead of effectively serve the poor, and is hurting overall health care quality. Click here ...
Why Did the Government Swallow the 340B Fly?
Much like the old lady who swallowed a fly, the federal government has swallowed a fly over a well-meaning program designed to help the poor afford prescription drugs called 340B. Instead of ensuring the poor have low-cost drugs, 340B has created an incentive for hospitals to profit. Click here to ...
Fiscal Conservatives Should Support Tax Reform
This week, the U.S. Senate is slated to vote on comprehensive tax reform. But some fiscal hawks are worried about the bill’s impact on the deficit. In the short term, these lawmakers are right to worry. Contrary to the analyses of some optimistic supporters, the tax cuts probably won’t pay ...
Wayne Winegarden Talks GOP Tax Reform Plan on Bloomberg Radio
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden talks with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz of Bloomberg Radio about the latest developments with the GOP tax plan, whether cutting corporate taxes stimulates economic growth, and the effort to repeal the individual mandate as part of tax reform legislation. Click here to listen.
Wayne Winegarden Talks Tax Reform on Sirius XM Patriot Tonight
Listen to Wayne Winegarden, Senior Fellow in Business & Economics at the Pacific Research Institute, talk with Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas Sarwark about the big things tripping up the tax reform debate on Sirius XM “Patriot Tonight”.
Some Positive Tax Changes . . . But We Still Need Tax Reform
With the release of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the long-awaited tax bill has been released. The most pro-growth aspects would change the U.S. corporate income tax system. Corporate income taxes have become a large economic disincentive against investing in the U.S. The TCJA reduces the corporate income ...
The Price Control Hammer Will Break the Health Care System
From California to Washington D.C. legislators continue to confirm Abraham Kaplan’s famous insight that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” In the case of our legislators, that hammer is price controls; and, what needs pounding is the price of ...
Price Controls Will Reduce Innovation and Health Outcomes
Abraham Kaplan famously noted that if you, “give a small boy a hammer, he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” Put differently, solving problems requires the right tool, not the convenient tool. Congress should remember this wisdom in its upcoming deliberations regarding the cost of prescription drugs. The ...
