Wayne Winegarden
Business & Economics
Energy regulations drilling Wisconsinites’ wallets
If forecasts predicting another brutally cold winter are correct, Americans’ furnaces will soon be working overtime. Last year’s frigid temperatures significantly increased heating bills across the country. For instance, the cost to heat a home with propane increased by more than 50 percent. The weather is a given every year, ...
Commentary
The FDA Should Enable Biosimilars And Foster A More Competitive Biologics Market
Negative health care news continue to dominate the headlines. And, deservedly so. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, health care is now less affordable, not more so. It has also increased the healthcare systems complexity and worsened the adverse incentives plaguing the U.S. healthcare industry. There are, however, some bright ...
Business & Economics
The Regressive Impact on Ohio’s Families from EPA’s Proposed Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) proposed new rules on carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) for existing power plants will significantly increase electricity prices, especially in states such as Ohio that rely on coal-powered electricity. The higher electricity costs will fall most heavily on lower-income families and the weight of the adverse ...
Business & Economics
A Better Solution For Municipalities On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
Unfunded government pensions are driving municipalities across the country into bankruptcy from Detroit, Michigan (the largest municipal bankruptcy ever) to Vallejo, California. Despite the need for states and municipalities to have contributed large annual payments to their pension funds over many years, as a group they failed to do ...
Business & Economics
The Seven Lean Years: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences from California’s Prop. 30
The Pacific Research Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank, today released a study on the effects of Prop. 30 on the states economy. The Seven Lean Years: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences from Californias Proposition 30 was authored by Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D, a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. ...
Business & Economics
The seven lean years
California’s Proposition 30, officially titled “Temporary Taxes to Fund Education,” is celebrating its second anniversary this November. The greatest anniversary gift would be to repeal it. California needs sustainable and robust economic growth. Strong economic growth creates jobs, raises families’ incomes and improves our standard of living. And, while economic ...
Business & Economics
Competitive standards strengthens Oregon’s forests
A new study commissioned by Governor John Kitzhaber underscores the need for competitive, rather than restrictive, markets for wood and timber products harvested in Oregon. Existing building policies for sustainable wood products stifle, rather than foster competition. Specifically, the market for certified timber has been disrupted by unnecessary policies that ...
Business & Economics
The Empire State’s ugly war on energy
New Yorkers are paying far too much for the essentials of modern life. For evidence, look no further than the gas pump: State taxes add about 50 cents to each gallon of gas and diesel, the second-highest gas tax in the country. And New Yorks electricity prices are the fourth-highest ...
Business & Economics
50 State Index Of Energy Regulation
The 50 State Index of Energy Regulation measures the regulatory climate for energy consumption, production, and distribution and which states are more economically efficient. Alabama, Alaska, South Dakota, and Texas tied for the best (#1), while California (#49) and New York (#50) are at the bottom. The Energy Index was ...
Health Care
Why Pharmaceutical Prices Drop Once Drugs Are Off-Patent
Today PRI released the new report The Economics of Pharmaceutical Pricing by PRI senior fellow Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. The study examines the market forces influencing the often dramatic price differences in pharmaceutical drugs before and after their patents expire. Some critics erroneously see the sharp declines in the prices of ...
Energy regulations drilling Wisconsinites’ wallets
If forecasts predicting another brutally cold winter are correct, Americans’ furnaces will soon be working overtime. Last year’s frigid temperatures significantly increased heating bills across the country. For instance, the cost to heat a home with propane increased by more than 50 percent. The weather is a given every year, ...
The FDA Should Enable Biosimilars And Foster A More Competitive Biologics Market
Negative health care news continue to dominate the headlines. And, deservedly so. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, health care is now less affordable, not more so. It has also increased the healthcare systems complexity and worsened the adverse incentives plaguing the U.S. healthcare industry. There are, however, some bright ...
The Regressive Impact on Ohio’s Families from EPA’s Proposed Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) proposed new rules on carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) for existing power plants will significantly increase electricity prices, especially in states such as Ohio that rely on coal-powered electricity. The higher electricity costs will fall most heavily on lower-income families and the weight of the adverse ...
A Better Solution For Municipalities On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
Unfunded government pensions are driving municipalities across the country into bankruptcy from Detroit, Michigan (the largest municipal bankruptcy ever) to Vallejo, California. Despite the need for states and municipalities to have contributed large annual payments to their pension funds over many years, as a group they failed to do ...
The Seven Lean Years: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences from California’s Prop. 30
The Pacific Research Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank, today released a study on the effects of Prop. 30 on the states economy. The Seven Lean Years: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences from Californias Proposition 30 was authored by Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D, a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. ...
The seven lean years
California’s Proposition 30, officially titled “Temporary Taxes to Fund Education,” is celebrating its second anniversary this November. The greatest anniversary gift would be to repeal it. California needs sustainable and robust economic growth. Strong economic growth creates jobs, raises families’ incomes and improves our standard of living. And, while economic ...
Competitive standards strengthens Oregon’s forests
A new study commissioned by Governor John Kitzhaber underscores the need for competitive, rather than restrictive, markets for wood and timber products harvested in Oregon. Existing building policies for sustainable wood products stifle, rather than foster competition. Specifically, the market for certified timber has been disrupted by unnecessary policies that ...
The Empire State’s ugly war on energy
New Yorkers are paying far too much for the essentials of modern life. For evidence, look no further than the gas pump: State taxes add about 50 cents to each gallon of gas and diesel, the second-highest gas tax in the country. And New Yorks electricity prices are the fourth-highest ...
50 State Index Of Energy Regulation
The 50 State Index of Energy Regulation measures the regulatory climate for energy consumption, production, and distribution and which states are more economically efficient. Alabama, Alaska, South Dakota, and Texas tied for the best (#1), while California (#49) and New York (#50) are at the bottom. The Energy Index was ...
Why Pharmaceutical Prices Drop Once Drugs Are Off-Patent
Today PRI released the new report The Economics of Pharmaceutical Pricing by PRI senior fellow Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. The study examines the market forces influencing the often dramatic price differences in pharmaceutical drugs before and after their patents expire. Some critics erroneously see the sharp declines in the prices of ...
