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Free-Markets 101: Politicians Need a Good Education About Running a Business

There are not enough politicians who know what it takes to run a business. Many argue that government would improve if it was run more like a business. Having been an entrepreneur and business owner, I know firsthand the blessings and challenges that come with owning a business. And having ...
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Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Discuss “The Future of American Retirement”

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden debate “the future of American retirement” with former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and others at a recent Pepperdine University School of Public Policy forum in Washington, DC.
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Wayne Winegarden Talks Drug Pricing Transparency on Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss President Trump’s drug pricing transparency proposal on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show.”  The interview begins at the 54:25 mark.
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PRI’s 2018 Free-Market Election Guide

By Tim Anaya It’s almost here.  Election day 2018 is just around the corner on Tuesday, November 6. Many Californians will take time over the next few days to review all the candidates and ballot measures on the November ballot.  With media coverage typically focusing on the “horse race” of ...
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Midterm Elections and the Markets

It’s been a rocky road for the stock market so far in October.  Historically, the financial markets aren’t jittery around mid-term elections.  But rising interest rates, a trade war, the mysterious death of an Arab journalist, and Central Americans on the march toward the U.S. border all make for political ...
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Does President Trump Favor Price Controls?

At 2 pm Eastern time today, President Trump spoke at the Department of Health and Human Services where he recommended a litany of policies that would ultimately impose price controls on the pharmaceutical market. Take his proposal to force the prices paid by Medicare for drugs administer in doctors’ offices ...
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Repeal the Medical Device Tax

Rarely is there bipartisan agreement that a tax cut won’t cost the federal government money. But, in the case of the medical device tax (a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices and products that was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act) this is true by definition because the ...
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The benefits of repealing the medical device tax

As part of the Affordable Care Act, a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices and products was passed. The tax was levied on devices such as pacemakers, advanced imaging technologies (Cat Scan, MRI and ultrasound equipment), artificial joints, surgical gloves, and dental instruments. Devices that the public generally buys for ...
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Free-Markets 101: Small Businesses Key to America’s Innovation Future

Our politics are full of paeans to small business. Regardless of one’s policy preferences or party affiliation, everyone appears rhetorically to be on the side of small business. As an entrepreneur and small business owner, I am reminded daily of the struggles and virtues of owning a small business. But ...
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Wayne Winegarden Talks Drug Pricing Advertising on Newsmax TV

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden discuss the Trump Administration proposal on drug pricing advertising on “America Talks Live” with Dr. Gina Loudon and John Cardillo on Newsmax TV.
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Free-Markets 101: Politicians Need a Good Education About Running a Business

There are not enough politicians who know what it takes to run a business. Many argue that government would improve if it was run more like a business. Having been an entrepreneur and business owner, I know firsthand the blessings and challenges that come with owning a business. And having ...
Business & Economics

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Discuss “The Future of American Retirement”

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden debate “the future of American retirement” with former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and others at a recent Pepperdine University School of Public Policy forum in Washington, DC.
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden Talks Drug Pricing Transparency on Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss President Trump’s drug pricing transparency proposal on the nationally-syndicated “Lars Larson Show.”  The interview begins at the 54:25 mark.
Blog

PRI’s 2018 Free-Market Election Guide

By Tim Anaya It’s almost here.  Election day 2018 is just around the corner on Tuesday, November 6. Many Californians will take time over the next few days to review all the candidates and ballot measures on the November ballot.  With media coverage typically focusing on the “horse race” of ...
Blog

Midterm Elections and the Markets

It’s been a rocky road for the stock market so far in October.  Historically, the financial markets aren’t jittery around mid-term elections.  But rising interest rates, a trade war, the mysterious death of an Arab journalist, and Central Americans on the march toward the U.S. border all make for political ...
Blog

Does President Trump Favor Price Controls?

At 2 pm Eastern time today, President Trump spoke at the Department of Health and Human Services where he recommended a litany of policies that would ultimately impose price controls on the pharmaceutical market. Take his proposal to force the prices paid by Medicare for drugs administer in doctors’ offices ...
Business & Economics

Repeal the Medical Device Tax

Rarely is there bipartisan agreement that a tax cut won’t cost the federal government money. But, in the case of the medical device tax (a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices and products that was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act) this is true by definition because the ...
Business & Economics

The benefits of repealing the medical device tax

As part of the Affordable Care Act, a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices and products was passed. The tax was levied on devices such as pacemakers, advanced imaging technologies (Cat Scan, MRI and ultrasound equipment), artificial joints, surgical gloves, and dental instruments. Devices that the public generally buys for ...
Blog

Free-Markets 101: Small Businesses Key to America’s Innovation Future

Our politics are full of paeans to small business. Regardless of one’s policy preferences or party affiliation, everyone appears rhetorically to be on the side of small business. As an entrepreneur and small business owner, I am reminded daily of the struggles and virtues of owning a small business. But ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden Talks Drug Pricing Advertising on Newsmax TV

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden discuss the Trump Administration proposal on drug pricing advertising on “America Talks Live” with Dr. Gina Loudon and John Cardillo on Newsmax TV.
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