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Meet the obscure federal interagency committee who keeps an eye on foreign investment and national security
The United States tweet first, tariff second trade policy against China continues to define American -Chinese relations. As both nations pursue the “Cold War light” escalation through tariffs, the United States continues to drum up new regulations to combat Chinese economic influence. One policy the federal government is embracing is ...
Blog
$15 Minimum Wage Push Claims Latest Victim – Popular East Sac Greek Restaurant
When I was on vacation recently in Europe, our tour guide would tell us stories every night about her time living as a young bride in Greece with her late husband and young daughter. As we departed, she said she would love to be our guide some day on a ...
Business & Economics
STEM-ming the Slide of Our Educational System
Recently we ran across several fascinating articles about civics, liberal arts, and climate hysteria that raise basic questions about the content taught at too many of our educational institutions: Has our society lost sight of the fundamental purpose of education, and is the result less resilient, less capable adults? While there is no doubt ...
Business & Economics
Newsom already has the power to remedy the power outages
Amid an unprecedented – and excruciating – recent number of intentional power outages to mitigate the risk of fires during California’s dry, windy conditions, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a number of policy measures, ranging from demands for $100 rebates to PG&E customers to threatened fines to appointing an energy ...
Economy
Watch Sally Pipes Speak on Sen. Warren’s Billionaires’ Tax on Fox Business
Sen. Warren’s plan to spike billionaires’ taxes would be detrimental to economy: Expert Pacific Research Institute CEO and president Sally Pipes discusses the constant attacks Sen. Elizabeth Warren makes on billionaires and how her health care plan and wealth tax could harm the middle class and economy. Watch the latest ...
Agriculture
Tales of Woe: How Dysfunctional Regulation Has Decimated Entire Sectors of Biotechnology
“To observe government is to observe the absence of accountability,” James Freeman wrote in the Wall Street Journal.1 That’s certainly true of unwise regulation of many innovative technologies; and modern biotechnology, also known as “genetic engineering (GE)” or “genetic modification (GM),” perhaps along with civilian applications of nuclear power, could be ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden quoted in Washington Examiner on trade wars
Fears that the President’s Trump’s trade war with China will lead to a recession may have faded from the headlines, but economists say it cannot be discounted. “We’re not expecting a recession anytime soon, but, that said, there are a number of headwinds, ranging from slower growth, trade tensions, a gradual erosion ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden – Overregulation Hurts Immigrant and Low-Income Entrepreneurs
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the latest study in his Building Barriers to Opportunity series. We discuss how overregulation and misguided government policies make it harder for immigrant and low-income entrepreneurs to start a business, work their way up the economic ladder, and achieve the American Dream. Wayne ...
Commentary
Warren’s ‘Medicare-for-all’ is financial fantasy – There’s no way to do this fuzzy math
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has released her plan for financing “Medicare-for-all.” She claims it’ll cost “just” $20.5 trillion in new federal spending over 10 years, with, in her words, “not one penny in middle-class tax increases.” Warren has little choice but to indulge in fuzzy math. After all, doubling everyone’s ...
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What We’re Watching – Entrepreneurship is Key to Lifting People Out of Poverty
This week, PRI released a new study by Senior Fellow in Business and Economics, Dr. Wayne Winegarden about how government-created barriers to opportunity were standing in the way of low-income and immigrant entrepreneurs starting a business and working their way into the middle class. Along with the video, we released ...
Meet the obscure federal interagency committee who keeps an eye on foreign investment and national security
The United States tweet first, tariff second trade policy against China continues to define American -Chinese relations. As both nations pursue the “Cold War light” escalation through tariffs, the United States continues to drum up new regulations to combat Chinese economic influence. One policy the federal government is embracing is ...
$15 Minimum Wage Push Claims Latest Victim – Popular East Sac Greek Restaurant
When I was on vacation recently in Europe, our tour guide would tell us stories every night about her time living as a young bride in Greece with her late husband and young daughter. As we departed, she said she would love to be our guide some day on a ...
STEM-ming the Slide of Our Educational System
Recently we ran across several fascinating articles about civics, liberal arts, and climate hysteria that raise basic questions about the content taught at too many of our educational institutions: Has our society lost sight of the fundamental purpose of education, and is the result less resilient, less capable adults? While there is no doubt ...
Newsom already has the power to remedy the power outages
Amid an unprecedented – and excruciating – recent number of intentional power outages to mitigate the risk of fires during California’s dry, windy conditions, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a number of policy measures, ranging from demands for $100 rebates to PG&E customers to threatened fines to appointing an energy ...
Watch Sally Pipes Speak on Sen. Warren’s Billionaires’ Tax on Fox Business
Sen. Warren’s plan to spike billionaires’ taxes would be detrimental to economy: Expert Pacific Research Institute CEO and president Sally Pipes discusses the constant attacks Sen. Elizabeth Warren makes on billionaires and how her health care plan and wealth tax could harm the middle class and economy. Watch the latest ...
Tales of Woe: How Dysfunctional Regulation Has Decimated Entire Sectors of Biotechnology
“To observe government is to observe the absence of accountability,” James Freeman wrote in the Wall Street Journal.1 That’s certainly true of unwise regulation of many innovative technologies; and modern biotechnology, also known as “genetic engineering (GE)” or “genetic modification (GM),” perhaps along with civilian applications of nuclear power, could be ...
Wayne Winegarden quoted in Washington Examiner on trade wars
Fears that the President’s Trump’s trade war with China will lead to a recession may have faded from the headlines, but economists say it cannot be discounted. “We’re not expecting a recession anytime soon, but, that said, there are a number of headwinds, ranging from slower growth, trade tensions, a gradual erosion ...
Wayne Winegarden – Overregulation Hurts Immigrant and Low-Income Entrepreneurs
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the latest study in his Building Barriers to Opportunity series. We discuss how overregulation and misguided government policies make it harder for immigrant and low-income entrepreneurs to start a business, work their way up the economic ladder, and achieve the American Dream. Wayne ...
Warren’s ‘Medicare-for-all’ is financial fantasy – There’s no way to do this fuzzy math
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has released her plan for financing “Medicare-for-all.” She claims it’ll cost “just” $20.5 trillion in new federal spending over 10 years, with, in her words, “not one penny in middle-class tax increases.” Warren has little choice but to indulge in fuzzy math. After all, doubling everyone’s ...
What We’re Watching – Entrepreneurship is Key to Lifting People Out of Poverty
This week, PRI released a new study by Senior Fellow in Business and Economics, Dr. Wayne Winegarden about how government-created barriers to opportunity were standing in the way of low-income and immigrant entrepreneurs starting a business and working their way into the middle class. Along with the video, we released ...
