Wayne Winegarden
Commentary
Imposing Price Controls Is Never The Answer
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is currently reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), which is supposed to help us prepare for the next public health emergency. Never missing an opportunity to impose price controls on anything and everything, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants to ...
Wayne Winegarden
July 17, 2023
Blog
Read about California's outmigration problem
California: Economic Laggard or Leader?
Digging into the analysis quickly reveals that California’s top five ranking results from the state’s past achievements, not its current economic health nor its future growth prospects. Documenting this reality is essential because the state’s top ranking can be easily misconstrued as confirmation that California’s current policy mix is promoting ...
Wayne Winegarden
June 20, 2023
Business & Economics
Read the latest on ESG
There The SEC Goes Again
President Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasingly becoming an advocate for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activists to the detriment of its core mission. In its latest iteration, the SEC is using its enforcement discretion to roll back recent reforms to rule 14a-8. These changes make it more ...
Wayne Winegarden
June 13, 2023
Electric Vehicles
Wayne Winegarden Discusses New Energy Study on EV Mandate on The DeMaio Report
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden joined The DeMaio Report to discuss his latest study “Sapping California’s Energy Future” and his findings that CA will fall 21.1 % short of power needed to meet Governor Newsom’s 2045 EV mandate. Listen at the link below:
Wayne Winegarden
June 12, 2023
California
Newsom wisely channels Jerry Brown on state budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s just released “May Revise” budget plan is generating criticism from a surprising source — legislative progressives. The Newsom administration projects that the shortfall has grown by $9.3 billion to $31.5 billion. Adding to the problem, California can’t count on a federal bailout and the national economy is ...
Wayne Winegarden
May 19, 2023
Commentary
Read latest on drug pricing
The Continuing Danger From Progressive’s Faulty Excess Profit Allegations
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) continuously confirm Alexander Pope’s famous maxim about a little bit of knowledge. It truly is a dangerous thing, especially in the hands of politicians. During a May 11th meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, Sen. ...
Wayne Winegarden
May 15, 2023
Commentary
Democrats want a fully socialized healthcare system
The Inflation Reduction Act Was Only The Beginning
As it turns out, the fears that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was simply another step toward a fully socialized healthcare system were well founded. For evidence, less than a year after the IRA was signed into law U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Peter Welch (D-VT) and 23 Democrat colleagues ...
Wayne Winegarden
May 5, 2023
Drug Innovation
Wayne Winegarden on NTD News to Discuss Congress Pushing Back on Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers
Congress is beginning to push back on pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs). PRI’s Wayne Winegarden tells NTD News that a large problem lies in the lack of transparency in the drug pricing system. Reforming the PBM system could reduce costs for patients. Click to watch the interview on NTD News.
Wayne Winegarden
May 2, 2023
Blog
Get a Preview of Upcoming Study
Population trends prove people prefer pro-growth cities
The movement away from large cities is not universal, however. People may be leaving Los Angeles, but they are moving to Fort Worth, Atlanta and Las Vegas. Figure 1 presents the diverse five-year percentage change in population for the 50 largest cities in the United States. The vast differences in ...
Wayne Winegarden
April 27, 2023
Blog
Read about Biden electric vehicle mandates
Biden Administration Takes California’s Electric Vehicle Mandate National
The Biden Administration has announced new automobile emission limits that amount to the government forcing a massive increase in U.S. electric vehicle sales. By 2032, at least two of every three cars sold would be required to be electric vehicles. As the New York Times reports, “experts say the proposed ...
Wayne Winegarden
April 18, 2023
Imposing Price Controls Is Never The Answer
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is currently reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), which is supposed to help us prepare for the next public health emergency. Never missing an opportunity to impose price controls on anything and everything, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants to ...
Read about California's outmigration problem
California: Economic Laggard or Leader?
Digging into the analysis quickly reveals that California’s top five ranking results from the state’s past achievements, not its current economic health nor its future growth prospects. Documenting this reality is essential because the state’s top ranking can be easily misconstrued as confirmation that California’s current policy mix is promoting ...
Read the latest on ESG
There The SEC Goes Again
President Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasingly becoming an advocate for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activists to the detriment of its core mission. In its latest iteration, the SEC is using its enforcement discretion to roll back recent reforms to rule 14a-8. These changes make it more ...
Wayne Winegarden Discusses New Energy Study on EV Mandate on The DeMaio Report
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden joined The DeMaio Report to discuss his latest study “Sapping California’s Energy Future” and his findings that CA will fall 21.1 % short of power needed to meet Governor Newsom’s 2045 EV mandate. Listen at the link below:
Newsom wisely channels Jerry Brown on state budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s just released “May Revise” budget plan is generating criticism from a surprising source — legislative progressives. The Newsom administration projects that the shortfall has grown by $9.3 billion to $31.5 billion. Adding to the problem, California can’t count on a federal bailout and the national economy is ...
Read latest on drug pricing
The Continuing Danger From Progressive’s Faulty Excess Profit Allegations
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) continuously confirm Alexander Pope’s famous maxim about a little bit of knowledge. It truly is a dangerous thing, especially in the hands of politicians. During a May 11th meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, Sen. ...
Democrats want a fully socialized healthcare system
The Inflation Reduction Act Was Only The Beginning
As it turns out, the fears that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was simply another step toward a fully socialized healthcare system were well founded. For evidence, less than a year after the IRA was signed into law U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Peter Welch (D-VT) and 23 Democrat colleagues ...
Wayne Winegarden on NTD News to Discuss Congress Pushing Back on Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers
Congress is beginning to push back on pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs). PRI’s Wayne Winegarden tells NTD News that a large problem lies in the lack of transparency in the drug pricing system. Reforming the PBM system could reduce costs for patients. Click to watch the interview on NTD News.
Get a Preview of Upcoming Study
Population trends prove people prefer pro-growth cities
The movement away from large cities is not universal, however. People may be leaving Los Angeles, but they are moving to Fort Worth, Atlanta and Las Vegas. Figure 1 presents the diverse five-year percentage change in population for the 50 largest cities in the United States. The vast differences in ...
Read about Biden electric vehicle mandates
Biden Administration Takes California’s Electric Vehicle Mandate National
The Biden Administration has announced new automobile emission limits that amount to the government forcing a massive increase in U.S. electric vehicle sales. By 2032, at least two of every three cars sold would be required to be electric vehicles. As the New York Times reports, “experts say the proposed ...